Homework One
Assigned: 9/28/04
Due: 10/05/04
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1. Model a conversation. Write down a real(istic) conversation between
two people (can be borrowed from your life as long as it is legal). For
example, consider the exchange with the barista when you are buying
your first cup of coffee early in the morning. For each utterance,
write down all the internal thoughts, processes, assumptions made and
calculations going on inside the speaker's head before it is spoken
aloud. Based on the above how can we make chatbots more real?
2. What is the ratio of "internal thoughts triggered" per "external
utterance" in a typical conversation? While reading a book? Watching
TV? How much does it vary based on the topic of the conversation, book,
or show? Defend your answer by examples.
3. You read about “common sense”. How many common sense facts do you
know? Defend your estimate.
Last edited 9/28/04, by paritosh. Back to Homework.