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Open Source AI

Primary LanguagePythonGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

Open Assistant

Open Assistant is an evolving open source artificial intelligence agent able to interact in basic conversation and automate an increasing number of tasks.

Maintained by the Open Assistant working group lead by Andrew Vavrek, this software is an extension of Blather by Jezra, Kaylee by Clayton G. Hobbs, and includes work done by Jonathan Kulp.

Dependencies

Useful Tools

  • aplay - console audio player
  • plaympeg - console mp3 player
  • projectm - visualizations responsive to sound
  • wmctrl - window manager control. opening, closing, resize, switch windows.
  • xdotool - command line x automation tool
  • xvkbd - virtual keyboard for x

Running OpenAssistant

  • The latest documentation can be found on our wiki at http://openassistant.org/wiki/
  • Install dependencies and tools. Please see http://openassistant.org/wiki/doku.php?id=installation
  • Download and unpack the latest openassistant-master.zip package.
  • Edit run.sh to configure desired variables, then save.
  • Make run.sh executable with: $chmod +x ./run.sh
  • Run ./run.sh -c -H20 -m0 -M mind/boot. Global variables will be set and run.py will launch.
  • If $MINDDIR/conf/commands.json has changed and your machine is online, a new dictionary and language model will be created via the Sphinx Knowledge Base Tool.
  • Say Launch Open Assistant to enable operating system control commands such as Maximize Window and Fullscreen. Say Launch Stella to initiate a dialogue with her mind. To have Stella quit say Goodbye Stella. Say Close Open Assistant to quit operating system command recognition.
  • To change assistant commands and language, edit conf/commands.json. Exit and relaunch run.sh.
  • For usage instructions, check out the Open Assistant Wiki.
  • For help, you can receive support in the Open Assistant Forum.

Next Steps

  • Port Open Assistant to multiple Linux distributions, beginning with Ubuntu
  • Enable dynamic voice and instant name changes via spoken commands
  • Configure syntax and actions via spoken commands
  • Install internal language model translation
  • Improve speech recognition and synthesis
  • Long-term memory & machine learning
  • Web scraping & information analysis
  • Establish multiple default 'personalities' and plug-in functions
  • Port Open Assistant to all operating systems and devices
  • Galactic Exploration!

Join Us!

Join our development working group at: http://www.openassistant.org Developers: here's a quick start guide: http://openassistant.org/wiki/doku.php?id=developers

Open Assistant Fork

Open Assistant fork for Crux System: https://github.com/s1lvino/c9-ports/tree/master/openassistant