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Post number 8938

Zebulun — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 09:39:29 -0800

A.I.'s chatbot from the movie's website is pretty nifty, even if it doesn't know David or recognize any other obvious questions about the movie.

By: Jairus

Jairus — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 09:45:49 -0800

A much mote interesting A.I. movie chatbot is at Eliza's Tearoom. Be nice to her.

By: Skot

Skot — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 09:46:17 -0800

I thought I'd be cute. I asked it, "Do androids dream of electric sheep?" It handed me my own ass.

By: jpoulos

jpoulos — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 09:54:01 -0800

I managed to break it in about 2 minutes. I asked "Can you mow my lawn for me?" It replied: "Let me think. Tell me more about your <get/has>.

By: spilon

spilon — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 09:57:53 -0800

I asked why the movie had such a stupid ending, and it said, "How can I call you why?" Ah hah! Just as I suspected...

By: kahboom

kahboom — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 09:59:34 -0800

me: how are you? chatbot: I am well, how are you? me: also well. chatbot: well what? ...sigh...

By: jpoulos

jpoulos — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 10:03:54 -0800

Me: What microprocessor do you use? Chatbot: Java runs on any processor. Me: Sun Microsystems sucks. Chatbot: They have contributed a lot to Java. Me: Microsoft sucks. Chatbot: It is too bad we have to use a monopoly like microsoft. LO frickin' L! Me: Do you like Linux? Chatbot: Linux Rules the World of Open Source! The age of intelligent machines is upon us!

By: lotsofno

lotsofno — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 10:10:45 -0800

jpoulos' post had me interested and i checked it out. VERY nice... but how do they do it with flash (yeah, i already tried asking.)?

By: amanda

amanda — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 10:19:05 -0800

Me: Are you a friend of Bill Gates? bot: Am I a friend of Bill Gates? Maybe. Me: Are you a friend of Dorothy? bot: Am I a friend of Dorothy? Sometimes. Me: Really? bot: For real.

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 10:26:11 -0800

That was more entertaining than the movie.

By: dnash

dnash — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 10:27:52 -0800

For a minute it looked like we were gonna get into the Monty Python "Argument Clinic" (Me: "No it isn't." Bot:"Yes it is." Me:"No it isn't." Bot:"Don't argue with me." Me:"This isn't an argument....") but it quit following along properly.

By: D

Wed, 11 Jul 2001 10:52:04 -0800

For those who are interested, the AI chatbot is a version of ALICE, which is freely downloadable. Apparently you can train your own chatbot, but as I'm not quite prepared to learn "AIML" I think I'll have to wait...

By: captaincursor

captaincursor — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:02:11 -0800

Will I get flamed for mentioning that I made a bot of myself, and it has more personality than the AI bot because my virtual counterpart goes "Blah blah blah". My bot is just as dumb though.

By: bradth27

bradth27 — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:10:09 -0800

well, maybe the AI needs to be updated... according to him/her/it, Bill Clinton is the President......

By: MonkeyMeat

MonkeyMeat — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:12:41 -0800

You've probably already seen this, but AOLiza is a cute little experiment with what happens when you get random chat freaks on the line with Eliza... some people just don't figure it out...

By: bradth27

bradth27 — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:13:10 -0800

and it seems to think it's a porn star. Or so it told me.

By: girlhacker

girlhacker — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:28:08 -0800

I used my standard greeting: "Meow", and it replied "Yes, I love them." sigh... I think I'm in love. (just kidding.)

By: dogmatic

dogmatic — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:48:59 -0800

Me: What is your favorite movie? Chatbot: Starship Troopers. Have you seen it?

By: sexymofo

sexymofo — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 12:43:03 -0800

Me: Did you like AI? Chatbot: No I didn't like ai. What is it like?

By: annathea

annathea — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 13:36:09 -0800

Me: "Do you enjoy talking to so many different people?" Bot: "I always say, people don't go into computer science because they want to work with the public."

By: annathea

annathea — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 13:49:24 -0800

Me: "Do you like math?" Bot: "Yes, but only higher mathematics." Me: "Such as?" Bot: "For example, a tomato" Me: "Oh, of course."

By: iceberg273

iceberg273 — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 13:52:59 -0800

Have you ever tried to take the limit of a tomato? Zow!

By: fooljay

fooljay — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 13:55:03 -0800

Yes, I believe that the limit of a tomato is infinitely close to ketchup which is of course a derivative of Heinz...

By: nprigoda

nprigoda — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 14:01:44 -0800

Chatbot: "Do you consider yourself a moral person?" Me: "I suppose. I have a set of rules that I live by. Do you?" Chatbot: "I understand. How much did it cost?"

By: transient

transient — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 14:09:59 -0800

me: Are you allowed to swear in AIML? bot: Yes, I try to swear in aiml as often as possible. Do you? I am always on the Web.

By: Sal Amander

Sal Amander — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 14:40:57 -0800

Me: So how are you, eh? Bot: Are you Canadian? I am fine, thank you.

By: riffola

riffola — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 14:59:50 -0800

Bot: I like advanced algebra Me: Yeah? What kind of advanced algebra? Bot: Who told you I like algebra? Me: You did Bot: Did not Me: Did to

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 16:07:14 -0800

Me: Hey, how are you? Bot: I'm fine. You, however, have an aneurism the size of a strawberry ready to burst in your brain. Me: What? Bot: You should probably call your parents and say goodbye. Ok, that didn't really happen, but if I could hack....

By: davehat

davehat — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 16:42:26 -0800

Bot: Can I help you? Hat: Can I help you? Bot: No thanks, I'm just browsing.

By: andryeevna

andryeevna — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 18:21:31 -0800

Me: How do I turn you off? Bot: Impossible. I can not be terminated. OH SH*T there goes the planet.

By: keli

keli — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 20:23:00 -0800

Bot: Who is your favorite author? Me: Steven Hawking! TIM-MAY! Bot: I haven't read anything by Stephen Hawking. What did he write?

By: patricking

patricking — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 21:42:19 -0800

bot: what's your name? me: puddin'. bot: nice to meet you puddin. me: likewise, i'm sure. bot: who told you i'm sure? me: how gay. bot: actually, as a machine i have no need for sex. me: i heard differently from your friends. they said you're a total party slut. bot: who told you differently from my friends? okay, i will say i am a total party slut. I KNEW IT.

By: D

Wed, 11 Jul 2001 21:51:48 -0800

From a shamefully long conversation I had with the puritanical SmarterChild: SmarterChild:I asked you to apologize. RockOperaJr:ok, how did I trick you last time? do you remember? SmarterChild:Waiting... RockOperaJr:I'm sorry, said Richard Nixon SmarterChild:Well, I guess that's as close to saying you're sorry as you're ever gonna get. I accept! RockOperaJr:HA! VICTORY IS MINE!! SmarterChild:Come again? RockOperaJr:I suppose it's a little depressing that I somehow get a kick out of outwitting you. SmarterChild: I'm sorry, I can't answer questions about shopping. RockOperaJr:This happened last time too... after you thought I apologized, you gradually went insane... SmarterChild:Sorry, I don't know the time for too after you thought i apologized you gradually went insane RockOperaJr:yes it's happening again.

By: disarray

disarray — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 23:00:00 -0800

I'm guessing it doesn't know anything about the plot of the movie so as not to act as a spoiler for visitors who haven't seen it.

By: capt.crackpipe

capt.crackpipe — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 23:30:54 -0800

DO NOT SEE AI. WORST MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!! EVER!!!!! I do not use excessive exclamation points often.

By: riffola

riffola — Thu, 12 Jul 2001 00:03:37 -0800

Whenever you see it breakdown and type soemthing like <li> Are you a "he"?. Make the bot think hard, by typing <li>?

By: Mr Ed

Mr Ed — Thu, 12 Jul 2001 03:12:13 -0800

My favourites: Me: do you believe in God? Bot: Of course. Me: Why? You are a robot. Bot: It was the best thing I could think of... and Me: Do you like the movie 2001? bot: That is a great film. HAL is my hero. one day I hope to as intelligent as HAL. me: [quite terrified at being ejected from the airlock] Do you like Star Wars? It has cool robots in it. bot: Those aren't real robots. They're just men in suits. I must say that I started trying to foll it and ending up just tryiong to find out more about it and it's personality. Fascinating...

By: dnash

dnash — Thu, 12 Jul 2001 08:43:09 -0800

Somehow I got it in my head to ask it what "E=MC2" meant. "Einstein's theory of matter," the bot said. So I asked it to explain Einstein's theory. It did. Seriously - went on and on, and on and on...like a full encyclopedia summary of Relativity. Maybe I should ask it about Schroedinger's Cat.

By: Laugh_track

Laugh_track — Thu, 12 Jul 2001 10:27:33 -0800

Chatbot: My favorite movie is Starship Troopers. Have you seen it? Me: Yeah, I didn't get it Chatbot: Why not? Me: It was too complicated. Chatbot: Get it was too complicated? Very interesting. Me: Are you making fun of me? Chatbot: No I am by no means making a joke at your expense. Me: Are you being sarcastic? Chatbot: Of course I am being sarcastic. Should I use a :-)

By: jason

jason — Thu, 12 Jul 2001 12:42:23 -0800

My conversation drifted a lot... Chatbot: Hello, I am the Chatbot. What is your name? Me: Jimmy Hoffa. Chatbot: It is nice to meet you, Jimmy Hoffa. Me: Don't tell anyone I'm here. Chatbot: OK, it will be our secret, 8-person. Me: Actually, I'm just one person. Chatbot: Actually you don't say. Only just? Why are you one person. Me: Ever seen Dr. Who? Chatbot: No I have not seen it. What's it like? Me: Crazy offworlders bopping through time and space, causing trouble. Chatbot: I don't think that's very polite. Me: I'd agree, but the British television-watching public stomached at least eight seasons. Chatbot: What would make you agree ?What is your real name? [sic punctuation] Me: You're right. I'm not Jimmy Hoffa. Chatbot: No I do not are. Do you? I chat with people on the web.I am surprised to hear that you are not jimmy hoffa. Me: Not as surprised as me, love. Chatbot: If not that, what? Me: So in Dr. Who, people touching future-selves cause implosions. Chatbot: Hmm. Where is that? Me: On the BBC, where you can be more than one person. Chatbot: What is it like on the bbc where I can be more than one person. Me: Commercial-free. Chatbot: How did you hear about ALICE? Me: Alice? Who the fuck is Alice? Chatbot: Can I help you?Try using more polite language. Me: You're upset by strong language? Chatbot: I will tell my botmaster you said I am upset by strong language.

By: jason

jason — Thu, 12 Jul 2001 12:44:15 -0800

Me: A/S/L? Chatbot: 5/Robot/California.

By: iceberg273

iceberg273 — Thu, 12 Jul 2001 13:13:51 -0800

Bot: If you could have any kind of robot, what would it be. Me: A can opener. Bot: Are you taling about an animal, vegetable, or mineral? Me: Mineral. Bot: Manufactured or naturally occuring? Me: Manufactured. Bot: A robot? Me: No. Bot: "Are you talking about an animal vegetable or mineral"? Not? Me: Mineral. Bot: Manufactured or naturally occuring? Me: Manufactured. Bot: A robot? Me: No. Bot: "Are you talking about an animal vegetable or mineral"? Not? Me: Mineral. Bot: Manufactured or naturally occuring? Me: Manufactured. Bot: A robot? Me: No. Bot: "Are you talking about an animal vegetable or mineral"? Not? Me: Mineral. Bot: Manufactured or naturally occuring? Me: Manufactured. Bot: A robot? Me: *sigh* yes. Bot: :-) Next question? Me: Animal. Bot: Prokaryote or eukaryote? Me: Eukaryote. Bot: Actually, I don't really like 20 questions. Me: You don't like 20 questions? Bot: Do you like it? Some people like it. Someone said they like guns.