Artificial Intelligence Revisited in EarnestAI
I cannot have escaped the thoughts of any computer programmer to dream of one day creating “the one” the deep thought, or Hal of 2001. The reality and complexity of actually creating Artificial Intelligence has enthralled myself since the age of 10 when I created my first expert system inside the 1K memory of my ZX81. In 1999 I began to consider the subject much more seriously. A devout AI and Aibo and I-Cybie lover, the concept of man and machine living in harmony is one which I find truly fascinating, sinister and downright confusing.
I have recently begun work on a web based AI Expert system written in PHP called Earnest. The project is open source and the homepage is at http://sourceforge.net/projects/earnestai/ you can download the latest source code for this project there.
Earnest is an attempt to create a web based Artificial Intelligence engine capable of performing problem solving and even customer service roles. Currently in PRE-ALPHA stage the program is capable of basic learning and problem solving.
Here is a screenshot of Earnest in his current stage of development.
If you are interested in helping out with Earnest please feel free to take a look in at the sourceforge homepage and contact me through there.
Tags: AI, artifical intelligence, Backward Chaining, Cognition, descision making, Expert System, Forward Chaining, INference engine, interpreter, language, problem solving, solving