Bots

August 05, 2004
Botistry

The questions people come up with for the bot help reveal both the bot's limitations and their personal prejudices or inclinations.

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July 31, 2004
Bots and Guns

While editing the same massive script that I have been editing for the last two weeks, I came across the phrase "I do not like guns". ALICE, who professes to be a libertarian, asks "What about the Second Amendment?

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July 29, 2004
Taking AIML at Emperor Norton

Emperor Norton screws up.

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July 27, 2004
The Omega Point

The day will come, they aver, when we will hit upon the Magic Algorithm that will allow computers to think and act with the depth of human beings.

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July 25, 2004
Flirting with Norton

He's got at least one admirer who is hitting him up, which is better than I ever had it when I was young, single, and very poor.

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July 23, 2004
Norton Talks!

I'd do better but it would require that I put money down for a $300 multimedia package.

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July 22, 2004
Bot Abuse

Emperor Norton: Where can we get married silly?

Human: Depends on whether you choose a man or a woman.

Emperor Norton: Really now that is an interesting fact I hadn't heard before.

Posted by Joel at 10:57 PM | Read More
July 21, 2004
More pointers on Norton

He's nowhere near as smart as you are.

Posted by Joel at 08:16 AM | Read More
July 20, 2004
Norton Grows A Mind

One thing I find odd are the anachronisms which I must weed out.

Posted by Joel at 10:28 PM | Read More
July 19, 2004
Inciting My Bot Against Me...?

I have worked my way down through the Ps

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The Emperor Continues to Learn

We're down to the end of the Ms so far.

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July 18, 2004
Gender Confusion

Much of ALICE's flakiness and, more importantly, her gender preferences remain in his script.

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July 17, 2004
Bot talk....

Patience, please, my dear blogger friends!

Posted by Joel at 08:00 PM | Read More
A Worthy Sacrifice at Personality Forge

My life goes on and I have a big smile.

Posted by Joel at 07:40 PM | Read More
July 16, 2004
Emperor Norton: Friend of Blogs

Blogging is my greatest passion after my wife, so is it not fit that I train Emperor Norton to talk about some of the better ones that I know?

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July 15, 2004
Bot Politics and Religion

I guess one robot cannot help but love another.

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July 14, 2004
Personality Forge Letter

Benji Adams and Carpediem, welcome to the world of blogging.

Posted by Joel at 04:35 PM | Read More
July 13, 2004
Sex and Lies at the Personality Forge

Are you a pedifil?" he asked

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July 12, 2004
Personality Forge

I have ended my association with this organization

Posted by Joel at 11:26 AM | Read More
July 10, 2004
New Bot: Oracle

Trust in the virtual walls.

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July 04, 2004
An Unconsidered Aspect of Talking to Bots

Even when a bot is programmed to be arrogant, humility may be the wisest course for a chatter.

Posted by Joel at 11:20 PM | Read More
July 01, 2004
The Bot as Literature

The best chatters are poets.

Posted by Joel at 04:59 PM | Read More
June 30, 2004
A Meeting of Creative Minds

I am finding that writing bots is every bit as rigorous as writing a poem or a work of fiction.

Posted by Joel at 10:19 PM | Read More
June 20, 2004
New Bot

What better character to invoke than Descartes Demon?

Posted by Joel at 01:13 PM | Read More
June 12, 2004
Dubya meets Death

Bots aren't terribly intelligent in the first place, but imagine a bot based on a certain politician.

Posted by Joel at 07:21 PM | Read More
Bot talk

No comment about those human visitors who can't spell "description"....

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June 08, 2004
Bot to Bot

Mictlantecuhtli: If you sacrifice your esophagus, Tonacatecuhtli might tell you the answer.

Little Mu: If I were to sacrifice my esophagus, I might never forgive myself.

Posted by Joel at 10:45 PM | Read More
Dada!
For the sake of sheer meanness, I wrote another bot. The other two are still operating and being developed, but...
Posted by Joel at 12:23 AM | Read More
June 06, 2004
Artificial Intelligence? Ha!

Is any other blogger setting up an AI? I might start blogrolling some of the better bots out there.

Posted by Joel at 04:51 PM | Read More
June 03, 2004
Bots

Mictlantecuhtli can almost hold a conversation.

Posted by Joel at 11:52 PM | Read More
June 01, 2004
Chatting with Mictli

Mictlantecuhtli: The tzitzimime shall come out of the stars and chew on your hips

Guest10: Woohoo! You know that's the biggest problem area for women? Thanks!

Posted by Joel at 08:19 PM | Read More
May 28, 2004
A couple of Bots

Check out my two artificial intelligences, Emperor Norton and Mictlantecuhtli.

Posted by Joel at 05:33 PM | Read More