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Dr_Martin
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| | | | | | posted 8/23/2003 11:44 |  | | | | | | | | | I have a question wich I havent been able to answer with just my own experimenting. Can I teach my freshcopy to tell me how many letters there are in a word? For example I can teach him to answer; there are five letters in Idaho if I ask him "How many letters are there in Idaho?". But can I learn it to tell me the number of letters in a word it hasnt heard before? If this is the case then I truly believe that HAL has much bigger possibilities then just beeing an answermachine...
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Raphael |
| | | | | | posted 8/24/2003 06:27 |  | | | | | | | | | Well, many of us believe Hal's future is rich in potential. But no, he is currently unable to count the letters of a word - unless you teach him, word by word. The reason being that he views words as integral wholes. Sort of similar to how youngsters learn to recognize a blue crayon, but it may be some while before they can differentiate between meditteranean, midnight or azure.
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