AI::MegaHAL - Perl interface to the MegaHAL natural language conversation simulator.
use AI::MegaHAL;
$megahal = AI::new MegaHAL('Path' => './', 'Banner' => 0, 'Prompt' => 0, 'Wrap' => 0, 'AutoSave' => 0);
$text = $megahal->initial_greeting();
$text = $megahal->do_reply($message);
Conversation simulators are computer programs which give the appearance of conversing with a user in natural language. Such programs are effective because they exploit the fact that human beings tend to read much more meaning into what is said than is actually there; we are fooled into reading structure into chaos, and we interpret non-sequitur as valid conversation.
This package provides a Perl interface to the MegaHAL conversation simulator written by Jason Hutchens.
$megahal = new AI::MegaHAL('Path' => './', 'Banner' => 0, 'Prompt' => 0, 'Wrap' => 0, 'AutoSave' => 0);
Creates a new AI::MegaHAL object. The object constructor can optionaly receive the following named parameters:
Returns a string containing the initial greeting which is created by MegaHAL at startup.
Generates reply $text to a given message $message.
None known at this time.
The Perl AI::MegaHAL interface was written by Cory Spencer <cspencer@sprocket.org>
MegaHAL was originally written by and is copyright Jason Hutchens <hutch@ciips.ee.uwa.edu.au>
To install AI::MegaHAL, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm AI::MegaHAL
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install AI::MegaHAL
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.