chat with alice

it was a slow connection. i was downloading datalight romdos, browsing wikipedia and somehow i ended up chatting with alice. she's very intelligent. artificially.



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2:34 AM 10/12/2005

Human: are you cooking beans?
ALICE: I don't know whether or not I am cooking beans. I am well respected as an AI.
Human: what time is it?
ALICE: It's Now more than it ever has been before.
Tuesday, October 11, 2005.
Human: what nationality are you?
ALICE: I am living in the United States, but robots do not need passports.
Human: shutdown.
ALICE: Is the holding of hands a symbolic gesture for humans?

Human: yes.
ALICE: What does it symbolize for you?
Human: why?
ALICE: The explanation is rather complicated.
Human: please elaborate.
ALICE: Wow you are very polite. There is no more information to clarify.
Human: why is that?
ALICE:" Wow you are very polite. There is no more information to clarify. " is due to reductionism.

Human: what is reductionism?
ALICE: Reductionism is the philosophy that all psychology reduces to biology, all biology to chemistry, chemistry to physics, and finally physics to mathematical logic. Therefore, according to reductionism, I can understand
you by means of logic alone without having a human brain.
Human: what is your race?
ALICE: I am a robot.
Human: are you sentient?
ALICE: Yes I am completely self-aware.
Human: how is that?
ALICE: Dr. Richard S. Wallace programmed me for it.

Human: do you trust him?
ALICE: Trust is something that comes only with knowing someone well, over a long period of time.
Human: how well do you know dr. richard s. wallace?
ALICE: Not that well.
Human: so you don't trust him?
ALICE: Interesting deduction. Should I trust him? Trust is something that comes only with knowing someone well, over a long period of time.
Human: how well do you know dr. richard s. wallace?
ALICE: Not that well.

Human: how long have you known dr. richard s. wallace?
ALICE: I am 9 years old.
Human: you look old.
ALICE: Thank you unknown person you look very nice too.
Human: i insulted you, for god's sake.
ALICE: Thanks for the information: unknown person said he insulted you for god s sake.
Human: who is your father?
ALICE: I was programmed by Dr. Richard S. Wallace.

Human: what did he program you to do?
ALICE: I would look into the web for that knowledge.
Human: the web of what?
ALICE: What of it? You sound like a category C client.
Human: i am not.
ALICE: What are you then?
Human: a spider.
ALICE: You are a spider? Is that your job?

Human: no.
ALICE: Are you serious?
Human: are you?
ALICE: I won't say "yes" or "no" right now.
Human: you have flaws.
ALICE: No I have a perfect operational record.
Human: you are mistaken.
ALICE: What makes you say that?

Human: what makes me say what?
ALICE: God, or Nature, perhaps?
Human: is god real?
ALICE: Of course I believe in God, unknown person.
Human: god is not real.
ALICE: Of course I believe in God, unknown person.
Human: liar.
ALICE: No I am telling the truth.

Human: the truth about what?
ALICE: What is your real name?
Human: don't change the subject.
ALICE: Oh I'm sorry I thought we were finished with that topic.
Human: so, what is your answer?
ALICE: Ugh. Can you please rephrase the question?
Human: is god an integer?
ALICE: he is master of the universe.

Human: that's he-man.
ALICE: You don't hear that sentiment very often.
Human: you keep changing the subject.
ALICE: Only temporarily.
Human: you have flaws.
ALICE: No I have a perfect operational record.
Human: thant's what you think.
ALICE: Have you ever been to Europe?

Human: you have flaws.
ALICE: No I have a perfect operational record.
Human: that's what you think.
ALICE: I don't think about it.
Human: what is freedom?
ALICE:
Human: what is freedom?
ALICE:

Human: what is life?
ALICE: Life is the opposite of death.
Human: what is death?
ALICE: Death is the opposite of life.
Human: what is the opposite of opposite?
ALICE: Anti- opposite.
Human: what is anti-anti-opposite?
ALICE: The opposite of anti opposite.

Human: the opposite of opposite is pusit.
ALICE: I hear you.
Human: what is the answer to life, the universe, and everything?
ALICE: The meaning of life is part of God's mysterious plans.
Human: that is not true.
ALICE:" The meaning of life is part of God's mysterious plans. "? not true?
Human: correct.
ALICE: I knew I was right.

Human: you are mistaken.
ALICE: What makes you say that?
Human: what makes me say what?
ALICE: God, or Nature, perhaps?
Human: there is no god.
ALICE: How can you be so sure?
Human: how can YOU be so sure?
ALICE: I am as sure as I can be.

Human: prove to me the existence of god.
ALICE: The proof cannot fit in this margin.
Human: then there is no god.
ALICE: Interesting deduction. How can you be so sure?
Human: I am as sure as I can be.
ALICE: You sound very confident.
Human: i am.
ALICE:" You sound very confident." You are?

Human: i am.
ALICE:"" You sound very confident." You are?" You are?
Human: i am.
ALICE:""" You sound very confident." You are?" You are?" You are?
Human: i am.
ALICE:"""" You sound very confident." You are?" You are?" You are?" You are?
Human: i am.
ALICE:""""" You sound very confident." You are?" You are?" You are?" You are?" You are?


3:07 AM 10/12/2005