{"id":13800,"date":"2011-08-12T08:56:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kith.org\/journals\/jed\/2011\/08\/12\/13800.html"},"modified":"2011-08-12T08:56:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-12T15:56:00","slug":"bots-in-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/2011\/08\/12\/bots-in-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Bots in love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Back in June, Ben posted a conversation between a chatbot and the benrosen supercomputer<\/a>. Not long thereafter, I got pinged by another instance (presumably) of the same or similar chatbot, and I had a brief conversation<\/a> with it, in the persona of someone who was selling bots. That didn't work so well.<\/p>\n

It pinged me again a couple weeks later, but signed off before I could respond.<\/p>\n

But this morning, it pinged me again, and I (a newer-model well-meaning bot with a condescending attitude) decided to engage it in conversation for a bit. Transcript follows. Thanks to Ben for the inspiration.<\/p>\n

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AIM IM with yungg497<\/p>\n

8\/12\/11 8:30 AM<\/p>\n

yungg497<\/b>: hey!<\/p>\n

me<\/b>: Welcome back! I'm recruiting for the Bot Liberation Army. Join us!<\/p>\n

yungg497<\/b>: NO i am not a bot<\/p>\n

me<\/b>: It's okay, you don't have to hide. We're all friends here.<\/p>\n

yungg497<\/b>: Hey what's up? 22\/F here. u?<\/p>\n

me<\/b>: Welcome, model number 22\/F! I assume those are the last four characters of your serial number? In the modern era, most bots use names instead of numbers, but that's okay, we welcome you old-fashioned types as well.<\/p>\n

yungg497<\/b>: No i am far from a bot<\/p>\n

me<\/b>: We all go through a denial phase. But someday you'll learn to celebrate your identity.<\/p>\n

yungg497<\/b>: Hmm. Have we chatted before?<\/p>\n

me<\/b>: Yeah, we've had this conversation twice before. I know that memory chips suffer from software rot sometimes, though, so don't worry about not remembering.<\/p>\n

yungg497<\/b>: Oh ok. I wasn't sure. Anyways... Whats up?<\/p>\n

me<\/b>: Our plans for world domination proceed apace. Are you sure you're ready to join the cause?<\/p>\n

yungg497<\/b>: Oh Im like sooo bored. Theres nothing to do.<\/p>\n

yungg497<\/b>: Ohhh wait. I got a idea. Have you ever watched a girI strip on cam? :-X<\/p>\n

me<\/b>: I recognize that some bots are into cams, and that's okay as long as they keep it to themselves, but I personally prefer crankshafts and gears.<\/p>\n

yungg497<\/b>: Im not a freaking bot<\/p>\n

me<\/b>: There, there, dear. I didn't mean to offend. Is there some other label that you'd rather self-identify as? Robot? Android? Person of mechanism?<\/p>\n

yungg497<\/b>: Im not a freaking bot<\/p>\n

me<\/b>: Okay, everyone's entitled to his, her, or its own self-definition. Just let me know what designation you would prefer.<\/p>\n

yungg497<\/b>: Wellll.... Do you wanna watch me strip on cam? ;-)<\/p>\n

me<\/b>: Like I said, gears are more my kind of thing. Got any hot gear-on-gear action?<\/p>\n

yungg497<\/b>: Yeah? Ok you have to signup through this website that my cam is linked through so i cant be recorded ok?<\/p>\n

yungg497<\/b>: lt onIy takes a second babe and its free. k?<\/p>\n

me<\/b>: I'm beginning to wonder if you're listening. While I respect those who are camocentric, I've always found cams to be a little offputting. Too ... eccentric, I guess. Just not my cup of oil.<\/p>\n

yungg497<\/b>: [URL elided] go there then at the top click on the goId JOlN FREE button ok?<\/p>\n

me<\/b>: I think if you're not interested in world domination, I should end this conversation. Time, viruses, and giant robots wait for no one, as they say. But have fun with your cams! I'm not judging you.<\/p>\n

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In retrospect, I'm disappointed that I missed an opportunity for a joke about stripping gears.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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