This blog will be moving to blog.aquamarinestardust.net. I’ve set up everything, but I’m holding out in hopes of successfully transferring this blog’s entries there as well (but I’m having mySQL problems with the upload, probably due to version differences). Anyway, don’t go there now, as there is nothing there (and the link won’t work for a few more hours anyway, due to updating times).
In any case, I’ll probably be “away” again for awhile. You might have noticed these posts coming in spurts – the reason is because I now have my own room, where I like to work and study. But, that room has no internet (which is a good thing). As a result, it requires effort to get over here and post, so I don’t do it that often, especially when I get caught up with other stuff. In any case, I’ll probably be back Sunday or Monday. Life goes on.
If you are curious about Caroline’s status, I will be shortly finishing up the “pronoun/subject short term memory module” (stm). The module grants Caroline a fun little ability to recognize the antecedent being referred to when we use pronouns. After a bit more tweaking, the following conversation would be an example of this in action.
Justin: John likes potatoes.
Caroline: Mmkay. <-- some default response, since she doesn't understand "likes" yet ;) Justin: Who is he? Caroline: John. Justin: Julia is cute. Caroline: Uh-huh. Justin: What is Julia? Caroline: Julia is cute. Okay, it's not very interesting, nor does it directly apply to any normal conversation. However, the ability to remember antecedents, and also to store details about them, is critical for most intelligent conversation spanning more than two or three lines. Otherwise, the conversation becomes a bit of a nomadic one, straying from one topic to another because the bot has ADD (due to not remembering what was being talked about and instead using local cues which fail to recognize the big picture). In terms of stories, I am considering a new Catleyan saga story. I'm not totally sure I want to invest in this yet, though, and I have yet to create the new cast of characters. However, they will be young, as usual, and I think that I will return to the tried-and-true war plotline. Sadly, you folks are probably too new as friends to have experienced the Catleyan saga. Although there are supposedly 15 stories in it, actually only a few of them were written. But in any case, they were fast-paced, comedic self-insertion romps involving lots of guns, toilet humor, and cats. The last story in the series that had considerable content was #12, "Make the blue moon rise for me." That story is weird, though, in that it is handwritten, and I do not know where I put the notebook. In any case, we'll see. I'll think about creating a few settings tonight before I go to bed / while I sleep. I might also see if I can put in a dream-wish so that I can generate a few characters while I sleep, too. I have always been intrigued by this sci-fi-esque possibility: in dreams, days can fly by within a few minutes. Therefore, it must be advantageous to somehow do the boring learning while dreaming, then use the daytime for experiencing only. Imagine! No more going to lectures! Hmm. In other news, I am more stable than before, but my head has serious errors. As a result, I am a bit erratic and irritable. I am also hearing songs and people and whatever in my head, really loud sometimes. That sort of noise is kind of annoying, but I'll put up with it.
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