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October 24, 2005
Eliza
Here is a sample of the conversation I had with Eliza:
- i am sad
Do you believe it is normal to be sad?
- tell me something nice That is quite interesting.
- now! OK... "where am I from". Tell me more.
- you are pretty Perhaps you would like to be pretty?
- who are you? Would you prefer if I were not ?
She was not very fun to talk to and will not talk about herself. Who honestly says "That is quite interesting" to "tell me something nice"??? It is completely irrelevent! And she answers questions with questions, which indicates she does not have any personality like a human being does. Basically her purpose is for people to continue talking about themselves and she throws in the "That's interesting" or "Tell me more". She doens't have intelligence because her remarks do not reveal a personality or a thought process.
Eliza reminds me very much of Smarter Child on AOL Instant Messanger. I assume they are the same type of program. I remember how when I first discovered Smarter Child I was very excited and thought it was pretty cool to talk to a "robot." My sister and I spent a lot of time thinking up weird and obscene things to say to it. Eventually, if I said too many obscenities it would refuse to talk to me unless I apologized. There must have been a certain number of obsecenties or insults written into the program that once surpassed an apology would have to be sad. Smarter Child was very frustrating too because if he/it didn't understand a statement or question you said, he/it would respond with your statement in question form or repeat your question. This demonstrates Smarter Child, like Eliza, is truly dumb though it has the illusion of human qualities.
Posted by lcisfreya at October 24, 2005 08:34 AM
Comments
I totally agree that Eliza wasn't fun to talk to either. I was too excited to talk to it for the first time, and I got bored and annoyed after few minutes. When I didn't want to talk about myself but about "her" she threw me questions that seemed stupid to me. I even had a fight with it but it didn't make me to apologize. Perhaps it would have but I quit talking to her after a while. However, even though it is dumb, it is amazing that it tries to have personality and shows its concerns for us.
Posted by: Zaya at October 30, 2005 07:58 PM