ST502042@BROWNVM.BITNET.UUCP (12/04/87)
Howdy!
I am interested in locating the (in)famous 'AI' program RACTER. Unfortunately I
don't remember too much about it except that I first heard about it in an arti
cle in Scientific American and that a book called "The Policeman's Beard is Hal
f Constructed" that contained bits of prose that it created was published a few
years ago. I am interested in finding any version of the program (source code
would be fantastic) If there is a group or company that owns the rights to it o
r is selling a commercial version, I would love to know their address. While I'
m on the subject, if anyone knows of other 'Eliza-like' AI programs out there,
please let me know.
Thanks in advance,
Michael Nosal (please respond to this account if possible)hirai@swatsun.UUCP (Eiji "A.G." Hirai) (12/13/87)
In article <8712041829.AA19308@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> ST502042@BROWNVM.BITNET (Michael Nosal) writes: > ... >m on the subject, if anyone knows of other 'Eliza-like' AI programs out there, >please let me know. GNU Emacs has a bery primitive Eliza-like (un-AI like) lisp program called 'doctor'. Also check out 'flames' too, which reponds to your efforts at communicating with it through flames. Very sociable. :-) > Michael Nosal (please respond to this account if possible) -a.g. hirai -- Eiji "A.G." Hirai @ Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA 19081 | Tel. 215-543-9855 UUCP: {rutgers, ihnp4, cbosgd}!bpa!swatsun!hirai | "All Cretans are liars." Bitnet: vu-vlsi!swatsun!hirai@psuvax1.bitnet | -Epimenides Internet: bpa!swatsun!hirai@rutgers.edu | of Cnossus, Crete
roberts%cognos@math.waterloo.EDU (Robert Stanley) (12/15/87)
In article <8712041829.AA19308@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> ST502042@BROWNVM.BITNET.UUCP writes: >Howdy! >I am interested in locating the (in)famous 'AI' program RACTER. There is a commercial version of Racter available for the Apple Macintosh, published by Mindscape. I do not have their address to hand, but they are a major player in the Mac games market (Deja Vu, Balance of Power, etc.) and so should be fairly easy to track down via a computer store or magazine. Racter is in no way ai, but it can be fairly amusing. Robert_S -- R.A. Stanley Cognos Incorporated S-mail: P.O. Box 9707 Voice: (613) 738-1440 (Research: there are 2!) 3755 Riverside Drive FAX: (613) 738-0002 Compuserve: 76174,3024 Ottawa, Ontario uucp: decvax!utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!cognos!roberts CANADA K1G 3Z4
jbn@GLACIER.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle) (12/17/87)
RACTER is available as a commercial product. Try a computer store with a good selection of games. John Nagle