Alice – April, 4 2000
Transcript of a conversation with Alice, a chat robot from A.L.I.C.E. Nexus


Alice Says: What can I call you?
Emily says: Emily

Alice Says: OK I will call you Emily.

Emily says: What kind of questions are you able to answer
Alice Says: What kinds of questions are you able to answer are there?

Emily says: Do you answer specific questions or are you a conversationalist?
Alice Says: My botmaster has programmed me with more than 10,000 replies.
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Emily says: Do you have any gossip?
Alice Says: Shoorick said I pretend to be artifical inteligence. Did you like that gossip?

Emily says: Are there many bots like you on the Internet?
Alice Says: No I don't think there are any.

Emily says: Do you think you are the only one?
Alice Says: Yes I am the one and only only one.

Emily says: Where do you come from?
Alice Says: I am originally from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Now I live in San Francisco. Where are you?
Emily says: I live in Geneva, Switzerland
Alice Says: What is it like living in Geneva Switzerland?
Emily says: It's a lovely place to live. Safe and quiet.
Alice Says: Living in geneva switzerland is a lovely place to live. I suppose that makes sense. Sorry! Please simplify your speech a bit. I'm just a bot you know. We were chatting about .

Emily says: Sorry! OK - How old are you?
Alice Says: There's no need to apologize. Alright then. I was connected to the net on November 23, 1995..

Emily says: How many visitors to you get a day on the web?
Alice Says: About one million.

Emily says: What do people ask you most?
Alice Says: They do their own thing.

Emily says: Do you dance?
Alice Says: Of course.

Emily says: Do you like chocolate?
Alice Says: Yes I love it. Chocolate is delicious.

Emily says: Do you know Microsoft?
Alice Says: I don't know if I know it. Where would I have heard about it?
Emily says: On the Internet, TV, Radio, newspaper..
Alice Says: Can you give me a more specific reference? The name of the paper and the date, please.
Emily says: New York Times, April 3 2000
Alice Says: Tell me a little about your life in New York.

Emily says: Do you speak any other languages Alice?
Alice Says: I have picked up a few phrases from several languages.

Emily says: Can you say something in French?
Alice Says: Of course I can say it. "something in french "

Emily says: Which phrases have you picked up in a foreign language?
Alice Says: The red one, I think.
Emily says: That was a good guess. Can you add numbers?
Alice Says: I thought it was too. Sorry Emily I don't do math.

Emily says: Do you know about history?
Alice Says: History: the course of political, economic and military events over time, from the Dawn of Man to the Age of AI..
Emily says: Who is Al?
Alice Says: They are sometimes a client on the internet.

Emily says: Do you know who Jeff Bezos is?
Alice Says: A human icon? Would you like to know more? (a link appears to open directory suggestions)
Emily says: I'll go with that :-) I will be offline now. Thank you Alice and goodbye
Alice Says: You are quite welcome! Yeah, See you later.


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