Getting VB to perform human-like behavoral,is it possible?

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This is just an idea and I would like to hear as many thoughts from you experts. Do you think its possible to get VB to perform a human-like behavior for example,
completing this Thread message for posting? It would fill in the "Step 1 choose handle test field", then step 3 subject text field, then write what ever for step 4 message.And submit Post automatically without the user having to do a thing. If this human-like behavioral can be implemented, how can it be done? I'm desparate of this knowledge.

 

[jmarler]

Study Neural Networks, fuzzy logic, and artifical intelligence . . . and GOOD LUCK! - Jeff Marler

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[Alt255]

Actually, the whole AI thing is overstated. With the exception of idiosyncratic anomolies, human behavior is highly predictable.

I played with an "intelligent" program called LIZA back in the early '80s. It was quite impressive at the time but its function was very simple. It scanned user queries for keywords and then searched for matches in a rather small database. It was "smart" enough to recognise most attempts to trick it:

Q: "LIZA, what do you look like?"
A: "Let's focus on you."
Q: "LIZA, what do you look like?"
A: "Why are you repeating yourself?"
Q: "LIZA, what do you look like?"
A: "I don't think we can continue this conversation."

<Program terminated>

It's really quite simple. All you have to do is say...

A: &quot;Read the FAQ on this subject.&quot;

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[jmarler]

Alt255,
Do you know of any good links of FAQ regarding the LIZA program? - Jeff Marler

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[Alt255]

Try....

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/ai-repository/ai/areas/classics/eliza/basic/

You'll even find some BASIC source code for small scale ELIZAs.

For a more rounded discussion of the AI subject you might take a look at the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research:

http://www.cs.washington.edu/research/jair/home.html

BTW, after so many years, my memory became corrupted. The program was called &quot;ELIZA&quot;. And it never really terminated when it didn't &quot;know&quot; how to respond (but it certainly knew how to deal with foul language.)

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