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.
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July 21, 2004
More pointers on Norton
He's nowhere near as smart as you are.
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July 20, 2004
Norton Grows A Mind
One thing I find odd are the anachronisms which I must weed out.
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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!
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A Worthy Sacrifice at Personality Forge
My life goes on and I have a big smile.
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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.
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July 13, 2004
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July 12, 2004
Personality Forge
I have ended my association with this organization
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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.
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July 01, 2004
The Bot as Literature
The best chatters are poets.
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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
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June 20, 2004
New Bot
What better character to invoke than Descartes Demon?
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June 12, 2004
Dubya meets Death
Bots aren't terribly intelligent in the first place, but imagine a bot based on a certain politician.
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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.
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Dada!
For the sake of sheer meanness, I wrote another bot. The other two are still operating and being developed, but...
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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.
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June 03, 2004
Bots
Mictlantecuhtli can almost hold a conversation.
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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!
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May 28, 2004
A couple of Bots
Check out my two artificial intelligences, Emperor Norton and Mictlantecuhtli.
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