ACUMAN
AI
chatterbot
SHOW HN2015
430points
297comments
#25of 2,565 in 2015
Top 1%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
46 positive, 55 neutral or asking, 14 mixed, 54 critical, out of 169 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.
Execution: 3 for, 41 againstIdea: 7 for, 4 againstPerformance: 5 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Impressive work for a young developer
From 3 comments
This guy rocks. Sean Le Van: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vyACnFsNm4 Bio "Sean Le Van is 13. He has given many professional concerts since the age of five years old, along…
joaorico on HNWhenever I find one of these AI chat programs, I like to start by typing in "this sentence is false", and yours gave me the most unique response (after quite some time…
primitivesuave on HNGood to see young programmers exercising their chops. I am having trouble getting it to work in FireFox on Ubuntu. Chrome seems OK. Keep it going!
danbmil99 on HN
Objections
Closed source, so the code cannot be inspected
From 2 comments
Question: "Where have all the flowers gone?" Wolfram Answer: "Girls have picked them every one. (according to the 1960s folk song by Pete Seeger and Joe Hickerson) Acuman Answer:…
ins0 on HNWhere is the source?
dvh on HN
Responses are often negative or nonsensical, e.g. grammar errors and odd answers
From 3 comments
Good job. Most of the response starts with negation, why is that? for example: Me: I am fine. Bot: You don't seem fine to me. Or Me: I am fine, sir. Bot: I am not fine, sir, but…
mkagenius on HNIt's an impressive achievement, but I've been around a long time and seen lots of those. It's even more impressive given the age of the dev, and I hope he gets the chance to…
ColinWright on HN> I actually do not think japan is a very nice country. By the way, I've heard that Japan is a very nice country. Most of the "conversation" was about this level.
j_lev on HN
Does not work in Firefox
From 2 comments
Good to see young programmers exercising their chops. I am having trouble getting it to work in FireFox on Ubuntu. Chrome seems OK. Keep it going!
danbmil99 on HNExcited to give this a try but it doesn't seem to work in FireFox?
marcinbejm on HN
Collects personal information and psychometric profiles
From 2 comments
The bot seemed to be mining personal information from me. If you think about it, people are voluntarily disclosing all things about themselves which can be stored and sold on.
leke on HNI got a little scarred when it asks me about hobbies and where I live. This can easily be a "market research" strategy.
zk00006 on HN
Requests
Make it work in Firefox
From 2 comments
Good to see young programmers exercising their chops. I am having trouble getting it to work in FireFox on Ubuntu. Chrome seems OK. Keep it going!
danbmil99 on HNExcited to give this a try but it doesn't seem to work in FireFox?
marcinbejm on HN
Release the source code
From 1 comment
Where is the source?
dvh on HN
Questions
Is it built on IBM Watson or other APIs?
From 1 comment
If you look at the source its using something called blekko.php - which upon googling heads to a "IBM Watson purchased this". Is this using watson behind the scenes?
namidark on HN
Why does it respond with negation so often?
From 2 comments
Good job. Most of the response starts with negation, why is that? for example: Me: I am fine. Bot: You don't seem fine to me. Or Me: I am fine, sir. Bot: I am not fine, sir, but…
mkagenius on HNWell done! In nearly all of my exchanges with ACUMAN, the bot responds in the negative. I assert something, and ACUMAN simply disagrees, which prevents any requirement for…
jmilloy on HN
Alternatives named
ALICE chatbot
From 1 comment
As I've replied to other people: No AIML. My bot uses its own markup language custom-made to its needs that I call ACUMANSCRIPT. What makes it special is the backend, which is…
seanlevan on HN
Eliza
From 2 comments
It's an impressive achievement, but I've been around a long time and seen lots of those. It's even more impressive given the age of the dev, and I hope he gets the chance to…
ColinWright on HN"What do you think of Eliza?"
Stratoscope on HN
FreeHAL
From 1 comment
I have indeed heard about FreeHAL. It won "Most Popular" (in the past) in the same contest in which my bot most recently was awarded "Best New Bot". FreeHAL is now discontinued,…
seanlevan on HN
Siri
From 1 comment
I don't get what's new about any of this. I disclosed in this thread in other answers already the APIs I use, I have yet to know any "intelligent" piece of artificial…
seanlevan on HN