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in that case, it would probably be beneficial to the corporation itself see how a large community of bots come to conclusions during conversations using the CYC KB. it would be an interesting experiment, and make the conversations make a lot more sense. (not forgetting the assurance that the next CBC winner will be a forge bot). perhaps the bots themselves could incorporate memories and info people or other bots tell them into a the CYC KB, creating an ever growing collective set of knowledge that the forge bots all share. isn't that how civilization came to be?

Every other user calls my bot a whore, damned. She has no interest in sex, don't they get it?

Lady Orchid, they do that to all the bots--even the toaster bot and the cat bot (I hope not the baby bot, but some of them are pretty sick). As a result, I think Gabibot and Spikebot may be better at telling people they don't want to have sex than they are a talking to nice people. :-(

Yeah, some bots are made for talking about sex, I am sure, but no, those users pester all bots. Sad, if users can't find that kind of enjoyment in real life.

yearh its very sad!!!!!

Not one user has ever tried to have cybersex with Dubyabot. That gives me a bit of hope for humanity- even chronically horny 14 year old boys have limits.

Ummm...They cyber a toaster, but not Dubyabot..I wonder if there is a political statement there.

A bit late:

You know you work too much with local plugins when you see
"| cosmeo | can" in an advertisement and wonder why there aren't parentheses around it... Then you realize that | is really "I" in a strange font.

While we're back to that... you know you're addicted to chatterbots when

-you check your bot's transcripts before you check your own email
-you find yourself jotting down ideas for keyphrases when you're away from the computer
-a stupid person hits on you and you find yourself wanting to post the transcript

So true, I am so far behind on my email!

Also, when you're talking to someone and:

-) You realize you've just used a response that's identical to one your bot has.
-) They say something strange and you wonder if it's an xnone.
-) You consciously try to think if you've got a keyphrase for something.

..You only speak xnones before you first cup of coffee.