[2965] in Central_America
Re: New quotes for Mon Dec 3
sethf@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sethf@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Dec 3 11:01:08 1990
Neat, it does replicate the responses quite well. But for full
jik emulation, an extensive knowledge base needs to be incorporated as
well. I've advocated the idea of an 'AI consultant' (see suggest#420).
JIK - THE PROGRAM, as an interface to olc_answers, help, etc, could be a
useful first step in that direction. When all else fails, it just
replies 'RTFM'.
It would be a fun case of inverse development. The man page
written before the program, in fact used partially as a spec for the
program. Think of the paper that could be written describing it - the
title is obvious: "JIK - A flamacious expert system" (For those
unfamiliar with the joke, the paper describing rogue-o-matic was
entitled "Rogue-o-matic: A belligerent expert system"). And the program
itself could have a mixture of personality and utility rarely if ever
seen in such systems.
