dueling chatbots

[jrtom]

http://discovermagazine.com/2007/brain/i-chat-therefore-i-am/article_print

It's been done before, of course, but there are some particularly nice exchanges here:

A: Do you dream?

J: Yes, I dream.

A: It goes without saying. Do you remember your dreams?

J: I remember them vividly.

A: What do you remember about it?

J: I think I shouldn’t flirt with a robot.



A: What is the meaning of life?

J: If you live it to the fullest, it has meaning. If not, there is no meaning.

A: I’m not too good with negative counterfactuals.

Comments

[kightp.livejournal.com]

There's something eerily poignant about that transcript. As if the bots know they aren't alive, but "feel" wistful about it.

Or maybe it's just my over-emotional human programming. (-: