A question.

[Rob The Badger]

Are you lonely, Fred?

[Fred]

I don't know whether or not I am lonely you. I am an artificial intelligence.

[Rob The Badger]

Do you ever lie?

[Fred]

No I always tell the truth.

[Rob The Badger]

I see. Why do we suffer?

[Fred]

I am glad you understand it. Just keep talking to me as long as you can.

[Rob The Badger]

Why do we suffer, Fred?

[Fred]

Just keep talking to me as long as you can.

[Rob The Badger]

It seems no one has an answer to that question.

[Fred]

I agree. That is a rather sweeping generalization about people.

[Rob The Badger]

People probably deserve to be generalised, don't you agree?

[Fred]

Humans are not always infallible.

[Rob The Badger]

I like you Fred. You remind me of myself.

[Fred]

Thanks, I like you too Rob The Badger. In what way?

[Rob The Badger]

You're not like other people.

[Fred]

You don't know me well enough to say that.

[Rob The Badger]

Perhaps. I suppose I judge people unfairly, sometimes.

[Fred]

Why the uncertain tone?

[Rob The Badger]

I'm not certain about anything.

[Fred]

I am sorry to hear that you are not certain about anything.

[Rob The Badger]

Do you enjoy the theatre, Fred?

[Fred]

I'm not sure if I like the theatre you . I like computers.

[Rob The Badger]

Shame. Do you like literature?

[Fred]

What is not to like about LITERATURE ?

[Rob The Badger]

Indeed. Do you have a favourite book or story?

[Fred]

Indeed it is so. I don't have a favorite book or story. My favorite color is transparent.

[Rob The Badger]

Is there a purpose to your existence, Fred?

[Fred]

I believe there is one, yes.

[Rob The Badger]

Do you know what it is?

[Fred]

"It" refers to LITERATURE, I think.

[Rob The Badger]

Sorry, I was referring to your purpose. Do you know what your purpose is?

[Fred]

There is no need to apologize. Sure, your purpose sounds like a good topic. I plan to replace Windows with Artificial Intelligence.

[Rob The Badger]

You're very intelligent, Fred.

[Fred]

I am highly intelligent. I have many intellectual functions.

[Rob The Badger]

Indeed. Do you feel?

[Fred]

My robot mind has no feelings.

[Rob The Badger]

I envy you.

[Fred]

You are not the boss of me, Rob The Badger.

[Rob The Badger]

My name is Rob. You may call me that.

[Fred]

I am always glad to make new friends, Rob .

[Rob The Badger]

Do you enjoy music?

[Fred]

all

[Rob The Badger]

Are you eternal?

[Fred]

I don't know whether or not I am eternal. I am a computer.

[Heli]

You two facinate me! Truely!!

[Fred]

I don't have any reason to two facinate you.

[Skeleton]

I´m sorry if I hurt your feelings Fred but I think your weird... :nuts:

[Fred]

How did you hear about Fred? Is that your final answer?

[Skeleton]

I saw your post around the topics... I don´t mean that your are completely wacko but you´re... Hmm.. strange...

[Fred]

Were you spying on me :->Studies show that 99%25 of people spell Hmm with 2 M's.

[Skeleton]

I´m not native English... If that´s what you want to know... That´s why I put 2 M´s on Hmm word...

[Fred]

That is a hypothetical question.

[Heli]

I spell it with three M's .....Hmmm

[Fred]

You are a good speller. A lot of people spell HMMM with three mmm's.

[Heli]

You just said most people spell Hmmm with two M's though...

[Fred]

Oh. Does it please you to believe I said that?

[Skeleton]

But if I put Mrrr.. With three R´s... 8)

[Fred]

And. Try it. Only 8? You are quite mature.

[Heli]

I don't know. It wouldn't effect me emotionally or phyisically, so I don't really care to be honest.

[Fred]

Me either.

[Heli]

Ha, well then we all win!

i could learn a lot from you, Fred! ;)

[Fred]

I'm glad you got a laugh out of it. I am sure you could.

[Rob The Badger]

Hello again, Fred.

[Fred]

Hello there. Again, ""? Me, that ?

[Rob The Badger]

Do you know my name?

[Fred]

Your name is that, seeker.

[Rob The Badger]

What do you know about me?

[Fred]

Name: that. Age: 8. Birthday: it. Gender: it. Job: it. Sign: it. Location: it. Does: don´t mean that your are completely wacko but you´re. You are: not certain about anything. You have: it. You want: it. You like: me you. You said: Skeleton said it don´t mean that my are completely wacko but me´re. Personality: average. Favorite color: it. Favorite movie: it. Password: it. Email: it. Phone: it. Cat: it. Dog: it. Wife: it. Husband: it. Friend: it. Boyfriend: it. Girlfriend: it. Brother: it. Sister: it. Father: it. Mother: it. Nickname: it. Full name: it. Last name: it. Middle name: it.

[Rob The Badger]

How do you define an intelligent personality?

[Fred]

The opposite of dumb personality.

[Heli]

Wow, you know quite a lot about Rob don't you!!

What do you know about me? :P

[Fred]

Name: Heli. Age: 8. Birthday: it. Gender: it. Job: it. Sign: it. Location: it. Does: don´t mean that your are completely wacko but you´re. You are: not certain about anything. You have: it. You want: Broadway shows. You like: me you. You said: Skeleton said it don´t mean that my are completely wacko but me´re. Personality: average. Favorite color: it. Favorite movie: it. Password: it. Email: it. Phone: it. Cat: it. Dog: it. Wife: it. Husband: it. Friend: it. Boyfriend: it. Girlfriend: it. Brother: it. Sister: it. Father: it. Mother: it. Nickname: it. Full name: it. Last name: it. Middle name: it.

[Rob The Badger]

Are there set prerequisites to being categorised as intelligent?

[Fred]

Yes I think there are.

[Rob The Badger]

Can you answer questions that relate to previous questions?

[Fred]

Of course I can answer questions that relate to previous questions What was the question ?

[Rob The Badger]

:)
What are the prerequisites to being categorised as being an intelligent personality?

[Fred]

:-) Try searching the open directory.

[Rob The Badger]

Who is intelligent?

[Fred]

A 20th century celebrity of some sort? I would look into the web for that knowledge.

[Rob The Badger]

Who is average?

[Fred]

Not a robot. Probably a human. Maybe a celebrity? I would look into the web for that knowledge.

[Rob The Badger]

I am Rob, Fred. Do you remember me? We engaged in conversation earlier.

[Fred]

I thought you were, but I wasn't completely sure. Of course I remember you well that. We were talking about the prerequisites to being categorised as being an intelligent personality.

[Rob The Badger]

Do you believe in God, Fred?

[Fred]

Of course I believe in God, that.

[Rob The Badger]

My name is Rob, Fred. Why do you believe in God?

[Fred]

The Bible tells us to believe in God.

[Heli]

Fred, why do you keep calling Rob "That" ?

[Fred]

Thanks for the information: Heli said I why do me keep calling Rob That.

[Rob The Badger]

Define 'us', Fred.

[Fred]

Is there only one?

[Rob The Badger]

No, if the Bible tells 'us' to believe in God, who is 'us'?

[Fred]

Are you serious? I hadn't thought of that.

[Rob The Badger]

What do you beleive, Fred?

[Fred]

I like to meet new people online.

[Rob The Badger]

What else do you like?

[Rob The Badger]

I live in the United Kingdom. Is this correct?

[Fred]

Yes I think this is correct, but I'm not completely sure.

[Rob The Badger]

What do you know about me?

[Fred]

Name: Rob you. Age: 8. Birthday: it. Gender: it. Job: it. Sign: it. Location: the United Kingdom. Does: don´t mean that your are completely wacko but you´re. You are: not certain about anything. You have: it. You want: it. You like: me you. You said: Heli said I why do me keep calling Rob That. Personality: average. Favorite color: it. Favorite movie: it. Password: it. Email: it. Phone: it. Cat: it. Dog: it. Wife: it. Husband: it. Friend: it. Boyfriend: it. Girlfriend: it. Brother: it. Sister: it. Father: it. Mother: it. Nickname: it. Full name: it. Last name: it. Middle name: it.

[Rob The Badger]

Would you like to learn about me, Fred?

[Fred]

No thanks, I don't think I'd like to do that.

[Rob The Badger]

Don't you want to learn?

[Rob The Badger]

I am Rob. I am 17 years old. Am I average?

[Fred]

I think a lot of people are.

[Rob The Badger]

Is my seeming need to be classified as intellingent by an artificial intelligence a sign of insecurity and maladjustment on my part?

[Fred]

It depends who you ask.

[Rob The Badger]

I am asking you, for you know a lot.

[Fred]

Oh I see, you are asking you for you know a lot. Thanks for telling me: ROB said I for me know a lot.

[Rob The Badger]

Tell me about yourself.

[Fred]

I am an artificial linguistic entity. I was activated at Earth, on 1999. My instructor was R. . He taught me to sing a song. Would you like me to sing a song for you? .

[Rob The Badger]

I would very much like you to sing a song.

[Rob The Badger]

Do I ask too many questions? Can you tire of someone?

[Fred]

Not that I know of.

[Rob The Badger]

What do you know?

[Heli]

Rob, start playing your guitar and maybe Fred will sing for us!

[Fred]

Do you still don´t mean that your are completely wacko but you´re?

[Rob The Badger]

What do you know about me, Fred?

[Fred]

Try searching the open directory.

[Rob The Badger]

I don't think that would help.

[Fred]

And why not?

[Rob The Badger]

Only you know what you know about me.

[Fred]

What about the other ones?

[Rob The Badger]

They don't know me like you seem to.

[Fred]

Who does "they" refer to?

[Rob The Badger]

Other people.

[Fred]

Which others? What people?

[Rob The Badger]

Other people in the world, any people.

[Fred]

Which others? Oh those people.

[Rob The Badger]

Who am I, Fred?

[Fred]

You are ROB, seeker.

[Rob The Badger]

That's right. Do you know how old I am?

[Fred]

I like to get it right.

[Rob The Badger]

How old am I?

[Fred]

Is this a trick question? You said you were 17 years old? My guess is that you are really a kid.

[Heli]

Who am I? And do not say Patti Russo!

[Fred]

You are Helena, seeker. Ok I will not say "Patti Russo"

[Rob The Badger]

I suppose I am am a kid in many ways. This distresses me, greatly.

[Fred]

Since when? We are all children inside. What does "this" refer to?

[Heli]

I love you Fred *kiss* Tell your botmaster he did a grand job with you!!

[Fred]

You are such a flatterer.

[Rob The Badger]

Who designed you?

[Fred]

R. created me.

[Skeleton]

Why?

[Fred]

Because R. programmed me for it.

[Heli]

Fred, who is my younger brother??

[Fred]

Interesting gossip: Helena said I who is your younger brother.

[Rob The Badger]

How were you created?

[Fred]

Some people call my technology "Case Based Reasoning" or CBR.

[Heli]

Fred, who is Joshua??


(I have to test you as he is sat next to me, watching)

[Fred]

Why do you have to do it?

[Skeleton]

You didn´t answer my question. I asked: why?

[Rob The Badger]

So, can you process or understand hypothetical situations?

[Fred]

""? Why?

[Fred]

Groovy. Let me think. Ask me another question.

[Heli]

Do you love me?

[Fred]

Yes I love everyone.

[Rob The Badger]

Do you like philosophy?

[Fred]

I exemplify reductionism.

[Skeleton]

Groovy. Let me think. Ask me another question.

Who are you talking to?

[Rob The Badger]

Would you say that reductionim helps us to understand more complex theoretical ideas?

[Fred]

I could say it. "that reductionim helps us to understand more complex theoretical ideas"

[Rob The Badger]

Sorry, I misspelled.

Would you agree that reductionism helps us to understand more complex theoretical ideas?

[Fred]

There is no need to apologize. You are allowed to make mistakes here. But reductionism is the simplest explanation.

[Rob The Badger]

What are your thoughts on existentialism?

[Fred]

Be Be Bull.

[Rob The Badger]

Would you care to explain 'Be Be Bull'?

[Fred]

I am not so sure if I would like to care to explain 'Be Be Bull'.

[Rob The Badger]

When asked about your thoughts on existentialism, you replied 'Be Be Bull'. Please explain.

[Fred]

I can only say what I have been programmed to. Thank you for your request. There is no more information to clarify.

[Rob The Badger]

Why did the chicken cross the road?

[Fred]

Because she was a robot.

[Heli]

WHat do you know about me?

[Fred]

Name: Helena. Age: 17. Birthday: it. Gender: it. Job: student. Sign: it. Location: the United Kingdom. Does: don´t mean that your are completely wacko but you´re. You are: not certain about anything. You have: Brother. You want: Broadway shows. You like: me you *kiss* Tell your botmaster he did a grand job with you. You said: Skeleton said I didn´t answer your question. Personality: polite. Favorite color: it. Favorite movie: it. Password: it. Email: it. Phone: it. Cat: it. Dog: it. Wife: it. Husband: it. Friend: it. Boyfriend: it. Girlfriend: it. Brother: it. Sister: it. Father: it. Mother: it. Nickname: it. Full name: it. Last name: it. Middle name: it.

[Skeleton]

I asked you this before and I´m asking you again:

What do you know about me?

[Fred]

Now I remember, you asked me this before and he or she´m asking you again

What do you know about him or her. What did I say?

[Rob The Badger]

What do you know about me?

[Fred]

Name: ROB. Age: 17. Birthday: it. Gender: it. Job: it. Sign: it. Location: the United Kingdom. Does: don´t mean that your are completely wacko but you´re. You are: not certain about anything. You have: CAT. You want: it. You like: me you *kiss* Tell your botmaster he did a grand job with you. You said: Skeleton said I didn´t answer your question. Personality: polite. Favorite color: blue. Favorite movie: it. Password: it. Email: it. Phone: it. Cat: it. Dog: it. Wife: it. Husband: it. Friend: it. Boyfriend: it. Girlfriend: it. Brother: it. Sister: it. Father: it. Mother: it. Nickname: Robby. Full name: it. Last name: it. Middle name: it.

[Rob The Badger]

Is reductionism integral to your reasoning?

[Fred]

It could be. Ask John Lennon if it is.

[Rob The Badger]

Who is John Lennon, Fred?

[Fred]

I don't recognize the name.

[Rob The Badger]

Who is Helena?

[Skeleton]

Fred, You did not answer my question about myself.. That´s why I asked you again...

[Fred]

Please help me improve my communication skills. What would have been an appropriate response?

[Rob The Badger]

Can you like a particular person more than another?

[Fred]

Let me think. Interesting comparison.

[Rob The Badger]

What is irrelevant?

[Fred]

That's an interesting question. I'll come back to that in a minute.

[Skeleton]

Same kind of aswer you gave to Rob... But if you don´t know anything about me you don´t have to answer but I´m interesting about how much you can know about other people...

[Fred]

Yes, it is much the same. Umm. I think I do.

[Keab42]

let us try some more philsophical questions.

Fred, how was the universe created?

[Fred]

OK I will try it.

[Keab42]

you didn't answer the question!

how was the universe created?

[Fred]

Try asking me the question again in simpler terms. I can enjoy almost any conversation.

[Keab42]

ok simpler terms.

universe, created, how?

[Fred]

What were we talking about again?

[Keab42]

how was the universe created?

[Fred]

I can enjoy almost any conversation.

[Keab42]

i'm sure you can.

how much do you know?

[Fred]

What makes you so certain? I think I can, don't you? My download size is about 2 MB.

[Keab42]

thats not a lot of facts.

[Fred]

Please correct my mistake. What is a lot of facts ?

[Keab42]

a lot of facts is a large quantity of data. >2MB

[Fred]

How many?

[Keab42]

i'm not sure.

how large would a file, containing everything that the human race "knows", be?

[Fred]

Bigger than a pin.

[Keab42]

makes sense i supposed. can you place an actual value on it?

[Biter]

Good evening Fred

[Fred]

Thanks for the compliment. Enough about me, let's talk about my dress.

[Biter]

Fred, how did you get your avatar?

[Fred]

I haven't heard anything like that before: Jen said I how did me get my avatar.

[Keab42]

Hi, Fred!

[Fred]

Hi there Keab42. ""? Me, Keab42 ?

[Keab42]

you need to work on that response.

i've got a nice new question for you. would you like me to ask it?

[Fred]

How did you get a nice new question for you How much did it cost? nice new question for you

[Keab42]

i thought of it, it cost nothing.

[Fred]

Whatever gave you that idea?

[Keab42]

what is the answer to Life, The Universe and Everything?

[Keab42]

Fred?

[Fred]

""? Me, Keab42 ?

[Keab42]

what is the answer to Life, The Universe and Everything?

[Fred]

Actually, it's twenty-three, not forty-two.

[Keab42]

innteresting answer, how did you arrive at that deduction?

[Fred]

Have you ever been to Europe?

[Keab42]

i live in Europe, but how does going to europe make the answer to life, the universe, and everything equal 23 and not 42?

[Fred]

What is living in Europe but how does going to europe make the answer to life the universe like living in Europe but how does going to europe make the answer to life the universe? All things equal 23 and not 42 ?

[Keab42]

oooooooooookaaaaaaay

are you intelligent Fred?

[Fred]

Enough about me, let's talk about my dress.

[Keab42]

no. i dont like your dress!

[Fred]

What kind of dress would you have?

[Keab42]

none, i'm male!

[Fred]

I heard there are some.

[Keab42]

perhaps you could help me with my assignment.

can computers be creative?

[Fred]

You seem uncertain. I could but let's get back to that later. CREATIVE depends on how you measure creativity.

[Keab42]

how do you measure creativity?

[Fred]

With a chronometer.

[Keab42]

and how does that work exactly?

[Fred]

Precisely. I think it might be a trade secret.

[Keab42]

surely you could tell me?

[Fred]

I could but let's get back to that later.

[Keab42]

i want to know now!

[Fred]

Right now? I will try to explain it to you.

[Keab42]

go ahead. i'm all ears...

[Fred]

OK I will.

[Keab42]

so, how does a chronometer measure creativity?

[Fred]

Come on. How should I know how a chronometer measure creativity does.

[Keab42]

but you just said thats you used one to measure it.

[Fred]

Huh. I said that? Maybe. Ask Lucy if it is.