Homework 0
1. Doctor (ELIZA) interaction
Go to emacs and run the doctor program.
(see http://marcelgagne.com/content/meet-emacs-doctor
for instructions.)
Tell a friend the instruction below (as precisely as you can, to avoid
variation between different "subjects" doing this experiment. ):
after the session, you have a chat with your friend, and ask him whether the
program may be useful to people with mental problems.
please summarize his comments on his subjective experience. quite likely, he
may want to discuss how the program works. go to the source code and see
what you can figure out.
if your friend agrees, you may attach two (or more) snippets, one more "human like",
one less. also report the size of the file, and how long the interaction went.
you will need to note the gender, age, mother tongue of the person.
Due Date: Jan 15 midnight (both parts should be . at the webpage
"home.iitk.ac.in/~your-userid/365/hw0/index.html".
We have been told to do an experiment with an AI psychiatrist program. This is a program that can talk to you in simple terms, and tries to help you deal with your problems in life. I would like you to talk to it, and tell it whatever you feel like. You can be as frank as you wish, talk for as long as you feel like. Do not feel inhibited. In the end, we will save the interaction file and mail it to you. We will then excerpt a passage (with your consent) and that will be submitted as part of the work on this assignment. You will not be named.please make sure you time the total duration of the interaction, but do not intrude on your friend.
after the session, you have a chat with your friend, and ask him whether the
program may be useful to people with mental problems.
please summarize his comments on his subjective experience. quite likely, he
may want to discuss how the program works. go to the source code and see
what you can figure out.
if your friend agrees, you may attach two (or more) snippets, one more "human like",
one less. also report the size of the file, and how long the interaction went.
you will need to note the gender, age, mother tongue of the person.
2. Cartoon
Draw a cartoon on a theme related to AI (single frame or multi-frame strip). Submit it as one or more image linked from an html file hw0/cartoon.html.
Due Date: Jan 15 midnight (both parts should be . at the webpage
"home.iitk.ac.in/~your-userid/365/hw0/index.html".
Cartoon by Bijendra Vishal from 2001