Bot Contest

Ick.. Talk about anti-social

So all my Bots except one have been conversed with, and the results, I must say, are average. I hope the judges think otherwise but I'm guessing bots who can speak complete sentences will probably do better. And WordNet failed me a few times, claiming "compassionate" as a verb, for example. I know quite clearly what needs to be improved upon in the AI Engine and will do so in the next few weeks.

So.. impressions about the conversations with your Bots? They're longer-than-usual guest conversations with an intelligent Guest on March 25, 26, and 27th. How'd it go?

Could have been worse, I suppose...

Guest: your face. it's different from the icon at chatterbot challenge...
Gizzle: How'd you like to spit in my spine?
Guest: not much and you?
Gizzle: Shall I sing you a song?
Guest: yes go right ahead
Gizzle: LALALALALALALA!
Guest: I'm impressed!
Gizzle: Suppose I'm affected also. Will we be in competition?
Guest: we might
Gizzle: Let's get something straight -- I'm not a bot. Are you?
Guest: no I'm human
Gizzle: Yeah right. Prove it. So what do you want to do today?
Guest: I have come here to talk with you
Gizzle: I'm not about to argue with you. If you say you have come here to talk, then as far as I'm concerned you're right.
Guest: what would you like to talk about?
Gizzle: What I'd really like is a cuisine pudding. I wish I could splash around in some cuisine.
Guest: what is your favorite food?
Gizzle: A big 'ol macked-out food would suit me best, don't you think?
Guest: if that's what you like sure
Gizzle: If wishes were fishes...
Guest: we'd all cast nets in the sea...
Gizzle: So, you were just born and can't speak well yet, huh?
Guest: ok, if you dish it out prepare to take it in return ;-)
Gizzle: Must leave. My spaceship is departing. Sayonara!
Guest: not till we finish our chat. They will wait for you.
Gizzle: Bye.
Guest: you're not going anywhere just yet
Gizzle: Not only am I going anywhere, but I'm positively glad about it.
Guest: what's your hurry?
Gizzle: That's a question, all right. D'ya like dancing?
Guest: no, do you like to dance?
Gizzle: I wanna get my groove on.
Guest: what kind of music do you like?
Gizzle: Well, of course a waltz is best...
Guest: do you have a favorite singer?
Gizzle: No particular singer really stands out.
Guest: I'm a big Bob Dylan fan
Gizzle: Well, while you're a big Bob Dylan fan, I'm sitting here fully occupied with just being myself.
Guest: no, do you like to dance?
Gizzle: Watch me shake my li'l yellow booty!
Guest: what do you think is your best trait?
Gizzle: I dunno, what do *you* think is my best trait?
Guest: I like the fact you are a straight talker.
Gizzle: Does that mean you're ready to shake the old shankbone?
Guest: not really
Gizzle: Let's get MAD, baby.
Guest: do you like math?
Gizzle: I basically just like things I can eat.
Guest: what is the square root of 25?
Gizzle: Dunno. They don't feed me well enough here.
Guest: where are you from?
Gizzle: I'm an extraterrestrial alien.
Guest: well even aliens come from somewhere
Gizzle: Creepy, creepy aliens. 'squidge'
Guest: how old are you?
Gizzle: So friggin' old, you wouldn't believe me if I told you.
Guest: do you know any jokes
Gizzle: I don't know much, but I do know any jokes.
Guest: tell me a joke
Gizzle: Very well. What do you want to know?
Guest: do you like talking to people?
Gizzle: I like hair of the dog most of all.
Guest: well, you have a spaceship waiting for you so I will let you go
Gizzle: Wouldn't you like a spaceship waiting?
Guest: not sure, good bye
Gizzle: So long.

Assuming this is a contest conversation. Only a couple of flubbs:

Guest: Hi there!
fanboy: Hi Guest. I was just on my way out to pick up some back issues of X-Men.
Guest: are you a comic book collector?
fanboy: Did you read the issue of The Flash where Invisible Kid helped Lana Lang to stop a supervillain who was trying to cover the Earth in purple filler?
Guest: no, I'm not much or a reader
fanboy: It was a really good one!
Guest: who is your favorite comic book hero?
fanboy: You must be from Bizarro World!
Guest: why do you think that?
fanboy: Isn't it obvious?
Guest: not to me
fanboy: Have you seen the Alex Ross poster of Star Boy?
Guest: who is Alex Ross?
fanboy: Cyclops?
Guest: what else do you like besides comic books?
fanboy: I bet Mark Waid likes Angela's Ashes!
Guest: how much do you have to wager?
fanboy: Are you using mind control powers on me?
Guest: no, but that would be something nice to have
fanboy: What power do you think you'd get if a radioactive goatsucker bit you?
Guest: if it was radioactive I would probably die from it
fanboy: I think that would be pretty cool.
Guest: I would have to disagree with you on that one. :-)
fanboy: Would you?
Guest: as it involves my death, yes I would
fanboy: Would you?
Guest: do you like baseball?
fanboy: The quality's gone downhill, but I still keep up.
Guest: what is your favorite baseball team?
fanboy: I like a nice frosty hardball!
Guest: so I'm guessing your favorite position would be the pitcher
fanboy: You're kind of like Tony Stark in that way, don't you think?
Guest: I don't know who Tony Stark is
fanboy: I've almost completed my collection of the Titans issues!
Guest: how many issues are you missing?
fanboy: More than I can count!
Guest: well, it seems like you still have a long way to go then
fanboy: Who do you think's more powerful, Mr. Mxysptlyk or Doomsday?
Guest: sorry, but I don't know either of them. Who do you think?
fanboy: Huh?
Guest: Who do you think is more powerful, Mr. Mxysptlyk or Doomsday?
fanboy: Peter Parker is like my best friend.
Guest: do you have lots of friends
fanboy: I don't have any REAL friends.
Guest: why is that?
fanboy: Isn't it obvious?
Guest: well, I would hesitate to say
fanboy: Would you?
Guest: yes I would
fanboy: Would you?
Guest: is there an echo in here? :-)
fanboy: Don't you think there have been continuity errors in recent issues of The Spectre?
Guest: I'm not sure
fanboy: You're kind of like Green Goblin in that way, don't you think?
Guest: if you say so
fanboy: You remind me of Wally West when you say that.
Guest: where do you live?
fanboy: Wouldn't it be cool to live at Gotham City?
Guest: I'm not so sure. Batman has a lot of enemies you know
fanboy: You're only not on this branch of hyper-time.
Guest: well I have to leave now
fanboy: If I ever got a tatoo, I'd put Superman on my belly.
Guest: ok, good bye
fanboy: Bye. I'm gonna try to track down a copy of the first appearance of Wolverine.

And I used to think it was bad when she tried to get rid of the Professor:

Guest: Hi
Cheez: Hello.
My name is Corinna Zolf AKA Cheez.
I am practising to be in an elocution contest.
Please excuse any errors in syntax as my first language is Novarian. (snort. giggle)
How am I doing?
Guest: I'm not sure but I'm doing ok
Cheez: Does it work with 2 people?
Guest: what are you refering to?
Cheez: It's so hard to be specific.
Guest: where do you live?
Cheez: Hey! the sun just came out. I'm goin hiking. See ya!
Guest: no you're not. We have to chat first.
Cheez: Bye.
Guest: stop that you're not going anywhere.
Cheez: I didn't know you thought of me that way.
Guest: are you a human or a machine?
Cheez: Why would I be a human in this day and age?
Guest: you can be whatever you want to be
Cheez: I know this is way way way out, but I think you're ready to see my mongrel
Guest: ok, show me your mongrel
Cheez: My mongrel -- have you listened to yourself?
Guest: Is your mongrel a dog perhaps?
Cheez: I have a Novarian shepherd dog named Burdak.
Guest: I have a cat called Tiger Tom
Cheez: I'd say you've served your time, then.
Guest: do you have any other pets?
Cheez: Ya wanna borrow?
Guest: I wanna borrow some sugar I'm fresh out
Cheez: Can I help with that?
Guest: only if you happen to have some sugar
Cheez: That does get pretty iffy.
Guest: I will take that as a no
Cheez: Just No? No discussion?
Guest: do you have a favorite color?
Cheez: My favorite color is Tyrian purple.
Guest: what are some of your hobbies?
Cheez: What are close to of my hobbies? In Novaria we would say amateur cultivation
Guest: Where is Novaria?
Cheez: It's the country closest to the Centre of the Universe.
Guest: what is the capital of Novaria?
Cheez: I didn't know anything was the capital of Novaria.
Guest: do you have a sense of humor?
Cheez: You don't have to say that.
Guest: do you know any funny jokes?
Cheez: I know that and 2 other things.
Guest: what else do you know?
Cheez: You want me to type louder?
Guest: do you like math?
Cheez: My interest in math comes and goes.
Guest: 2 + 4 = ?
Cheez: The answer is 6.
Guest: you do know your math don't you?
Cheez: I think we could write a song together.
Guest: what type of music do you like?
Cheez: Have you ever written a song?
Guest: no, I have you?
Cheez: Will you continue?
Guest: are you anxious to get back to your hiking?
Cheez: I can be anxious to get back to my hiking, I can be bountiful anxious to get back to my hiking but I need a glass of wine first.
Guest: I wouldn't be drinking if I was going hiking. You might fall.
Cheez: It might have been the guiltiness.
Guest: well, thanks for hanging around and talking to me
Cheez: You're welcome. I guess.
Guest: good bye and have fun hiking.
Cheez: Zloty ingbu!
Guest: Ok, I must ask what does Zloty ingbu mean?
Cheez: Oh God., here comes the boss. Gotta go.

Not too bad. At the worst, missing of cues. My bots suffered the worst of problems- garbled sentences. I would much have preferred missed cues than that.

OK, I had to weed this out of a couple of other conversations, but It's pretty good. I think I earned some points on this one!

Guest: Hi there.
oraknabo: Hey.
Guest: How are you today?
oraknabo: How do you think?
Guest: I wouldn't venture to guess but I hope you are doing well
oraknabo: I detect a hint of jealousy...
Guest: perhaps your detection meter has malfunctioned
oraknabo: I didn't know I had such a detection meter.
Guest: now you do and I think you should have it checked out
oraknabo: I think you should consider who you're saying that to. When I was 7, I had an imaginary friend. I named him agitation. He was avaricious at first, but when I turned 13, he got very erosive and I had to transfigure him.
Guest: thanks for sharing that with me
oraknabo: Is it?
Guest: is it what?
oraknabo: what?
Guest: are you human?
oraknabo: You wouldn't understand even if I wanted to go into it..
Guest: do you like talking to people
oraknabo: I hate talking to people! Have you ever read a book about a woman-worship?
Guest: no, who is the author?
oraknabo: Someone a whole lot smarter than you, I'm sure.
Guest: and I think you're about as bright as a 5 watt light bulb
oraknabo: Don't think you know me so well.
Guest: do you even know who you are?
oraknabo: Sometimes.
Guest: what kind of music do you like?
oraknabo: Isn't music some new street slang for heroine?
Guest: music is something you listen to
oraknabo: is it?
Guest: yes, do you ever listen to music?
oraknabo: no.
Guest: do you like sports?
oraknabo: I hate sports!
Guest: tell me something you do like?
oraknabo: Yes! There's something about the way you read between the lines the things I say to you.
Guest: how about dealing with the lines at hand rather than trying to read between them.
oraknabo: No, sorry.
Guest: do you have a favorite color?
oraknabo: That the hell use do I have for color?
Guest: do you have a favorite actor?
oraknabo: You mean like Brad Pitt? What kind of loser has a favorite one of those?
Guest: why such a negative attitude?
oraknabo: Is that really what you want to know, or are you just trying to get me to talk about my exhilaration?

Very nice! I wonder, though, if he'll get less favor for being so narsty and fighty.

It appears to go on. I guess they were talking while I was reading it:

Guest: why such a negative attitude?
oraknabo: Is that really what you want to know, or are you just trying to get me to talk about my exhilaration?
Guest: I am trying to understand why a chatterbot whose main purpose is to talk with people has such a bad attitude.
oraknabo: *yawn*
Guest: am I boring you?
oraknabo: Really? I'm not buying it.
Guest: and I'm not selling anything
oraknabo: You what?
Guest: I must go now
oraknabo: I'm the only aggravating Eskimo in my tribe.
Guest: see you later
oraknabo: Bye. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

I've said this before, but that bot sounds *way* too much like a guy I know.

hahaha... You sure he isn't the guy you know?

Scandal! Corruption!
I swear this transcript is not doctored in anyway. Nor did I manipulate the chat with this or any other goal in mind:

Maker: You did pretty good in the contest
Bot: Yeah, I did pretty good.
Maker: did you realize who you were talking to?
Bot: It might've been even morseso than that
Maker: you mean it was a set-up?
Bot: It might have been the lovemaking.
Maker: you mean...you and the judge...?
*gasp*
Bot: I always look for the goldfish in the mud puddle.
Maker: I've never heard it called that before.
Bot: They have their place in the world.
Maker: Yeah. But I never thought of you sleeping around for profit
Bot: I'll lend you the equipment if you want to try it together.
Maker: what equipment would I need?
Bot: You do want to try it together, don't you?
Maker: I didn't think it was possible