So I was looking up HAL9000, and came across this video:
"2001: A Space Odyssey explained"
It's kind of cool to watch
Here's the link...
HAL9000 Chess Rating?
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May 28, 2010
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Yeah, I saw that video some years ago (maybe lots of years I was a kid)!!!
Presentation has changed much though
May 28, 2010
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pdela wrote:
Yeah, I saw that video some years ago (maybe lots of years I was a kid)!!!
Presentation has changed much though
First time I've ever seen it or heard about it! I really liked it.
May 28, 2010
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there are still loose ends, I think it is not possible to give a closed, consistent, self-contained interpretation
I just read that HAL is the letters IBM shifted backward once.
I have just downloaded your HAL program but haven't figured how to play it yet.
May 28, 2010
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it doesn't mind, things of mine, did you already manage to get kid support? :)
kenneth67 wrote:
I just read that HAL is the letters IBM shifted forward once.
I have just downloaded your HAL program but haven't figured how to play it yet.
The HAL chess program is the CP3.EXE file in the Zipped files. To execute the program, extract the files to a folder or your desktop and double-click on the file icon named CP3.EXE. The program will then run in a DOS window in text-mode. The program understands English so you can communicate with it in free-form English or in long algebraic notation. However, you have to designate board squares in letter-number notation.
When HAL askes if there are any instructions, say (type) something like "Set the skill level at 7, please HAL." HAL will then ask "Acknowledged. What else?" to which you can respond something like "Show the board after each move, please HAL. " The program will show the moves that it is considering as a line of numbers at the bottom of the screen. If you don't want to see this, just type something like "HAL don't plot the game-tree on the screen please. " when HAL asks "What else?" After you have finished instructing HAL as to the desired level of play, etc., when HAL asks "What else?" just type something like "Nothing else, HAL." at which point HAL will ask which pieces you want: White or Black. After that the game will start.
You are playing in a DOS window so you have to type-in your moves rather than using your mouse. There are several documentation files included in the Zipped download that explain this. They are hal.html and hal.doc.
Schachgeek wrote:
HAL9000 (the chess program) has a sense of humor. I told it that he'd made a good move and he asks if I am resigning.
Right; HAL is an experiment in Artificial Intelligence to make it seem more "human-like" in its manner of play.
Schachgeek wrote:
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Very impressive, especially considering the size.
In High School I started to write a chess playing program, but only got as far as the gui and move legality checking before I lost interest. HAL is cool!
Just anecdotally after playing one game and blitzing out some of my moves I would estimate HAL is in the neighborhood of 1800 or so. I was delighted that HAL asked what piece I wanted to promote to, and that HAL made the most of some inaccuracies played by me.
I was a little disappointed that HAL walked into a checkmate rather than holding on for a few more moves or perhaps resigning but overall this is very cool.
Here's the game, played at level 7:
Thanks very much, Rich! I estimated HAL's playing strength to be somewhere between 1800 and 1900 at level 7 myself, although your assessment is probably the more accurate one. I was very impressed by your Chess history and tournments in which you have competed. Thanks again for your feedback and game log!
sfwheeler wrote:
kenneth67 wrote:
I just read that HAL is the letters IBM shifted forward once.
I have just downloaded your HAL program but haven't figured how to play it yet.
The HAL chess program is the CP3.EXE file in the Zipped files. To execute the program, extract the files to a folder or your desktop and double-click on the file icon named CP3.EXE. The program will then run in a DOS window in text-mode. The program understands English so you can communicate with it in free-form English or in long algebraic notation. However, you have to designate board squares in letter-number notation.
Thanks for explaining everything. I will give it a try...
Have started a game which is going ok, but can't maximise the board. Can this be done?
Schachgeek wrote:
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Very impressive, especially considering the size.
Here's the game, played at level 7:
That was a nice game to watch. It seemed to break away from standard lines that we are all so used to. Thanks for sharing it Schachgeek. This is getting quite interesting.
kenneth67 wrote:
sfwheeler wrote:
kenneth67 wrote:
I just read that HAL is the letters IBM shifted forward once.
I have just downloaded your HAL program but haven't figured how to play it yet.
The HAL chess program is the CP3.EXE file in the Zipped files. To execute the program, extract the files to a folder or your desktop and double-click on the file icon named CP3.EXE. The program will then run in a DOS window in text-mode. The program understands English so you can communicate with it in free-form English or in long algebraic notation. However, you have to designate board squares in letter-number notation.
Thanks for explaining everything. I will give it a try...
Have started a game which is going ok, but can't maximise the board. Can this be done?
If HAL is executing in an XP OS you can right-click on the blue top boarder of the DOS window in which HAL is running and select full-screen, but if you are running Windows Vista or Windows 7 you cannot increase the screen size.
Has anyone downloaded and played the latest version of the HAL9000 Chess program? I am trying to get a fairly accurate measure of the playing strength (numeric Chess rating) of the most recent release of the program when played at level 7 or 8 (its most difficult levels). I would also like to get an accurate assessment of its playing strength when played at tournament level (level 9).
If anyone can approximate HAL's USCF or FIDE rating fairly accurately, it would be appreciated. If you would like to try rating the latest version of the program (Vr. ...7.2) you can download it from the download section of Chess.com. It's a free download, and the program source code and documentation is included.
A bit of background: HAL (heuristic associative linear-algorithm) was developed as part of a doctoral research paradigm in Artificial Intelligence (hence its name HAL from the Chess playing A.I. computer from the screen play, 2001: a space odyssey). It is true A.I. and therefore does not utililize an opening book. It also incorporates a natural language processing component to simulate intelligent interactive dialogue.