>All this is really pointless IMO unless it can be made to serve a purpose,
>or truly understand what the user is saying at some level.
and...
>It's just a more polished version of the original DOCTOR and clearly has
>no comprehension of what you're actually talking about.
But how do you represent comprehension and understanding to a program? It will be able to recite the facts, relate the facts, operate on the facts, but what does it *mean* for a program to *understand*?
>And let's not forget, DOCTOR fooled a lot of people too.
So did Eliza!
>or truly understand what the user is saying at some level.
and...
>It's just a more polished version of the original DOCTOR and clearly has
>no comprehension of what you're actually talking about.
But how do you represent comprehension and understanding to a program? It will be able to recite the facts, relate the facts, operate on the facts, but what does it *mean* for a program to *understand*?
>And let's not forget, DOCTOR fooled a lot of people too.
So did Eliza!