Inkanta
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Posted: Jan. 08 2006, 12:14 |
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| Quote (Groovy Granny @ Jan. 08 2006, 06:01) | Because I'm fairly new to computing, chatbots were another surprise for me to learn of(it's very sad I know) 
Although chatbots are computer programmes,the title made me think of Robots which have always fascinated me. |
"Chat" is the operative word. Not the first time, but the second time I chatted with him, I slipped into librarian mode and pretty much asked questions, forgetting that he wasn't supposed to be EMERAC of Desk Set (the UK title was His Other Woman), a Katherine Hepburn/Spencer Tracy film that enjoys a cult following among many librarians. EMERAC was a huge computer with a female voice and capable of providing answers much faster than a human librarian. The film was long before Ask Jeeves or Google and we deal with the same human/tech issues today.
I first interacted with a bot-type application over a couple decades ago, in school. I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the program, but it had been given a human name (female). A couple years ago, our talking book center experimented with bot technology to answer basic questions about the service. It used one of the "learning bots," which can be taught. The problem was that certain members of the public taught it some really offensive things, which it in turn spewed at others, so the bot had to be put to sleep (dunno if it dreamed). 
BTW, this morning I asked Oliver (who now indicated he was a woman, like me! ) if s/he helped with homework, and the answer was, "as much as possible." Scary. Tony Blair is today's composer of Tubular Bells. Ha ha hahaha. My favorite response when I said, "That is weird," was, "A weird response is a terrible thing to waste." I like that a lot--maybe it should become my new sig.
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"No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From: Moongarden's "Solaris."
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Got a very amusing response when I asked who M.O was! 
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, if there's no humans around aliens will do 
