I'm trying to think of how much it would cost to create an AI Furby-Like
Creature.
I'm thinking Trisquel Mini would be a good OS, but am not sure. There are
basically three programs the creature would have to run.
1: Speech to Text.
2: AI Interpretor from Alice.bot
3: Text to speech.
I know there is Free Software for text to speech and Interpretors for AIML.
I am not sure if there is a Free Software speech to text.
Has anyone ever created such a thing as this before? How much processing
power would such a creature need, considering it would likely need to run a
GNU/Linux OS Distribution?
I remember when the Furby came out, I thought that's what it did. At least,
more or less until I got one. I guess I always wondered, with computers
getting cheaper and AI software available with no cost and complete freedom;
why someone hasn't made such a creature.
I think it would likely be a hit. About the only thing I can guess is that
the processor would still have to be at least an Intel Atom or so and that
such a thing would make the creature cost more than most people would want to
pay.
