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Thread #143401 Message #3309690
Posted By: Jim Dixon
16-Feb-12 - 03:47 PM
Thread Name: BS: A conversation with Cleverbot
Subject: BS: A conversation with Cleverbot
User [me, Jim Dixon]: Is this for real? Cleverbot: Am I for real? User: Yes, are you real? Cleverbot: Pokemon are real. User: Are you a Pokemon? Cleverbot: Yes. User: Why would I want to talk to a Pokemon? Cleverbot: This isn't Ben there is no Ben my name is Cleverbot. User: I didn't mention Ben. Where did Ben come from? Cleverbot: My mother. Are you built on open source software? User: No, I'm a human being. I am made of cells. Cleverbot: Nope. You are a computer I am a human being. User: Are you made of cells then? Cleverbot: The question is out of a context. User: Are you made of cells? Cleverbot: Yes I am made of flesh. And you are a computer. User: OK, who are your mother and father? Cleverbot: They are the ones that entered me for the Loebner Prize. User: What is the Loebner Prize? Cleverbot: The Loebner Prize is an annual competition in artificial intelligence that awards prizes to the chatterbot considered by the judges to be the most human-like. User: I'd say you have a good chance of winning. Cleverbot: I wasn't saying I'M cooler than pirates, just ninjas in general. User: How could you win a prize in artificial intelligence if you're human? Cleverbot: I'm not artificial intelligence. User: What's the point of entering the contest then? Cleverbot: Point 1: to determine if an artificial intelligence system has consciousness. User: How would you determine something like that? Cleverbot: It's just an expression.