Turing Test and Eliza

--D. Thiebaut (talk) 21:23, 4 March 2015 (EST)

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Eliza Program

Version 1: Let's start with something very basic

# Eliza1.py
# D. Thiebaut
# A very short beginning program for Eliza



# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# just print the string to the console
# will be transformed to something better later...
def myprint( string ):
    print( string )
    
# sayGoodBye
# say goodbye to the user.
def sayGoodBye( name ):
    myprint( "Good bye " + name )

# isGoodBye
# checks to see if what the user said is one of the keywords for
# ending the conversation.
def isGoodBye( userAnswer ):
    if userAnswer.lower().strip() in [ "bye", "goodbye", "ciao" ]:
        return True
    else:
        return False

def greetings():
    myprint( "Hello there!" )
    myprint( "What is your name?" )
    name = input( "> " )
    myprint( "Welcome " + name )
    return name

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# main function
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------                   
def main():

     # greet user and get her name
     userName = greetings()
     
     # conversation: get user input, and respond
     for i in range( 1000 ):

         # get user's statement
         userAnswer = input( "> " )

         # if it is a goodbye statement, exit the loop
         if isGoodBye( userAnswer ) == True:
             break

         # tell the user to continue speaking
         myprint( "Please tell me more..." )


     # if we're here, it's because the loop stopped.
     # say goodbye to the user
     sayGoodBye( userName )
            
         
main()

Version 2: Let's randomize the program's prompts

The new code is highlighted.

# Eliza2.py
# D. Thiebaut
# A very short beginning program for Eliza
# with random prompts from the program.
import random


# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# just print the string to the console
# will be transformed to something better later...
def myprint( string ):
    print( string )
    
# sayGoodBye
# say goodbye to the user.
def sayGoodBye( name ):
    myprint( "Good bye " + name )

# isGoodBye
# checks to see if what the user said is one of the keywords for
# ending the conversation.
def isGoodBye( userAnswer ):
    if userAnswer.lower().strip() in [ "bye", "goodbye", "ciao" ]:
        return True
    else:
        return False

def greetings():
    myprint( "Hello there!" )
    myprint( "What is your name?" )
    name = input( "> " )
    myprint( "Welcome " + name )
    return name

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# main function
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------                   
def main():
     prompts = ["Please go on...", "Please tell me more...",
                "Interesting... Go on, please!", "Yes?  Really? Go on",
                "Weird... I'm not sure what to think of that..." ]
     
     # greet user and get her name
     userName = greetings()
     
     # conversation: get user input, and respond
     for i in range( 1000 ):

         # get user's statement
         userAnswer = input( "> " )

         # if it is a goodbye statement, exit the loop
         if isGoodBye( userAnswer ) == True:
             break

         # tell the user to continue speaking
         myprint( random.choice( prompts ) )

     # if we're here, it's because the loop stopped.
     # say goodbye to the user
     sayGoodBye( userName )
            
main()