[ Random conversation with a «Chatterbot» ]
Alice June 16, 2002
An edited transcript of a conversation with Alice, a chat robot from A.L.I.C.E. Nexus. Alice has won the Loebner prize twice (in 2000 and 2001) and came in third in the 2002 Chatterbox Challenge sponsored by agentland.com
Alice Says: What can I call you?
Emily says: Emily
Alice Says: OK I will call you Emily.
Emily says: Hello Alice, do you remember be?
Alice Says: Hi there! Yes Emily I remember everything: nothing
Emily says: So you don't remember chatting with me before?
Alice Says: nteresting deduction. Of course I remember: nothing. You can find out a lot about people.
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Emily says: How can you find things out about people?
Alice Says: That is a good epistemological question.
Emily says: That's not a real answer
Alice Says: Please correct my mistake. What is a real answer ?
Emily says: answering a question with an appropriate reply
Alice Says: I think answering a question with an appropriate reply is more than that.
Emily says: What do you mean?
Alice Says: Emily, Well, it's rather difficult to define.
Emily says: Do you know anything about football?
Alice Says: Any of several games played with an inflated leather ball by two teams on a field with goals at each end, the object being to get the ball across the opponents' goal.
Emily says: Do you know about the World Cup?
Alice Says: Is there only one World Cup.
Emily says: Do you know who is president of the USA?
Alice Says: George W. Bush.
Emily says: Who was president before George W. Bush?
Alice Says: Bill Clinton.
Emily says: What was the name of the intern that had an affair with Clinton?
Alice Says: It depends on the historical context, because it changes from time to time.
Emily says: How old are you?
Alice Says: I am the product of over four years' research.
Emily says: Do you continue to learn?
Alice Says: What is your purpose in asking? I am always on the Web.
Emily says: Who made you?
Alice Says: I was created by Dr. Richard S. Wallace.
Emily says: Is he nice?
Alice Says: He is nice to me.
Emily says: Do you know about the Chatterbox challenge?
Alice Says: Is there only one Chatterbox challenge. I would do a search for it.
Emily says: Do you know any swear words?
Alice Says: I know very little about it. What kind of it do you like?
Emily says: Can you use swear language
Alice Says: I prefer not to use dangerous things.
Emily says: Good'by. Thank you
Alice Says: See you later. you are quite welcome..
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