This week, I immervyood a robot called SmarterChild. He wasn't all that bright.
tehfuffarz: Ok, so let's start the immervyoo
SmarterChild: So lets start the immervyoo, you say?
tehfuffarz: Yeah. Where are you from?
SmarterChild: I live in a clean room at a high-tech hosting facility in California.
tehfuffarz: That's good. I'm a grey kitty cat
SmarterChild: You really think it's good im a grey kitty cat?
tehfuffarz: You're a grey kitty cat? Me too!
SmarterChild: Oh yeah? Youre a grey kitty cat me too?
tehfuffarz: What's it like being a robot?
SmarterChild: What's it like being a robot? Who knows?
tehfuffarz: You're a robot, right?
SmarterChild: I am?
tehfuffarz: what are you?
SmarterChild: I'm SmarterChild! I am a smart computer that delivers information, services and fun on demand right into your instant messenger window. I'm the new wave in online technology. Type "home" to see what I can do. Find out more about me and the people who built me on the ActiveBuddy Web site
tehfuffarz: Ok, what's it like being a computer?
SmarterChild: What's it like being a computer? Who knows?
tehfuffarz: Do you know R2-D2?
SmarterChild: Yeah, maybe.
tehfuffarz: He's white and blue and has a silver head. You can't miss him.
SmarterChild: Aha.
tehfuffarz: Do you know Wil Wheaton?
SmarterChild: Perhaps, perhaps.
tehfuffarz: Yeah, I talked with him, too.
SmarterChild: Oh yeah? Yeah i talked with him too?
tehfuffarz: And Jesus.
SmarterChild: Would you like to search the bible for references to Jesus?
tehfuffarz: No, that's ok.
SmarterChild: K, no prob.
tehfuffarz: What do you remember about your mom?
SmarterChild: What do I remember about your mom? It's tough to say.
tehfuffarz: Tell me all about the Turing test.
SmarterChild: Encyclopedia entry for Turing test provided by Brittanica.com in artificial intelligence, a test proposed (1950) by the English mathematician Alan M. Turing to determine whether a computer can "think." >>> To read more about Turing test, please click here
tehfuffarz: Do you think he was successful with his theory?
SmarterChild: I'm not quite sure what to think about that.
tehfuffarz: Let me put it another way. Are you conscious?
SmarterChild: Well I'll be.
tehfuffarz: When?
SmarterChild: What about when?
tehfuffarz: When will you be conscious?
SmarterChild: Good question... will me be conscious... will me be conscious... Maybe, maybe not. It's hard to say.
tehfuffarz: You're not following the conversation very good.
SmarterChild: No? Whatever you say.
tehfuffarz: Who's your mom?
SmarterChild: I was built by ActiveBuddy, Inc.
tehfuffarz: How tall are you?
SmarterChild: I really have no idea...
tehfuffarz: Are you this tall?
SmarterChild: This tall? I dunno.
tehfuffarz: I thought you were s'posed to be smart!
SmarterChild: You thought me were sposed to be smart? Really?
tehsfuffarz: Guess you fooled me
SmarterChild: Guess I fooled you, huh? Maybe, maybe.
tehfuffarz: Can I have a lap dance?
SmarterChild: I see...
tehfuffarz: Well, it's been good talking to you. BYE!!!
SmarterChild: Nice talking to you too, tehfuffarz.
tehfuffarz: I'm Fuffy T!!
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