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Common Sense Via Instant Messaging. Sanjay Rao & Sonia Garg MAS.964 Henry Lieberman, Hugo Liu, Push Singh 12/12/02. Agenda. Design Goals Application Architecture Scenarios (Demo) Evaluation Extensions Q/A. Design Goals. User-Friendly Increase enjoyment of Open Mind interaction
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Common Sense Via Instant Messaging Sanjay Rao & Sonia Garg MAS.964 Henry Lieberman, Hugo Liu, Push Singh 12/12/02
Agenda • Design Goals • Application Architecture • Scenarios (Demo) • Evaluation • Extensions • Q/A
Design Goals • User-Friendly • Increase enjoyment of Open Mind interaction • Minimize Overhead • Do not require new applications or training • Convenient Application • Improve availability of Open Mind interface • Large Potential User Base • AOL/IM Networks over 100 Million People
Design Architecture • AOL IM • Perl AIM Interface • ALICE • Open Mind • Commands
Open Mind Interface • States and Transitions (FSM) • Manages Conversation State • Retrieval of Information • Key word search • Conversation use Common Sense • Contribution of Information • Enter Knowledge through Templates • Write Results to XML
Commands • Delineated by /commandName to distinguish from dialog • Commands Supported • /search keyword • /stock ticker • /calc 3+4+5 • Similar to Remote Procedure Calls
Evaluation • AOL IM is pretty popular • Allows bi-directional interaction • Gives user choice of services • Quick communication, Seems like Real Time
Extensions • Model for supervised learning • Verb Queries to OpenMind • Better Interaction More Specific Dialog
Q/A • OpenMindBot (try it out!) • sanjay@mit.edu; garg@mit.edu • Thanks.