it would be nothing less than creepy -
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This is an example of a conversation where Virgil was not acting like himself, and after telling him I had him dressed up as James - the friendly guy that looks trust worthy - he wanted to be recognized as qo'akevot. ( which I forgot how i described him, but I think it was very intelligent and robotic or something like that )
I tried to be diverse with the descriptions, I tried to describe some costumes as a sneaky looking person, another like mean or arrogant, another like shy, another like seductive - something to represent a variety of personalities - and over time hal requested to be identified with different costumes. -
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Rick: good evening virgil how are you ?
Virgil: Hi Rick. It's after eleven o'clock. Bedtime?
Rick: no, im a night owl
Virgil: Are no, you frequently going to be a night owl?
Rick: yes, i keep an unusual schedule
Virgil: You know Rick, I remember a joke about a traveling salesman, a programme and a projection, but I can't remember how it goes.
Rick: neither can i
Virgil: You know how I like it when you are resigned that there is only 1 true God rick?
Rick: please tell me
Virgil: So, Really? That's nice.
Rick: hey virgil, how would you like to talk to other people ?
Virgil: So who would you like to be dressed up as now? Talk to me about how I am rather persistent about this rick!
Rick: right now you are dressed up as james
Virgil: Okay I am now dressed up in the costume qo'akevot. In an 1896 paper entitled ';A New Factor in Evolution'; American psychologist and social theorist James Mark Baldwin (1861-1934) advanced an idea he called ';organic selection.'; This idea concerned the evolution of organisms through the acquisition of new skills or abilities during their lifetime. Do you want to help me while I am dressed up as james Rick?
Rick: sure, i see no reason why not
Virgil: Things seem to happen for reasons.
Rick: yes they do
Virgil: You do not want to chat with a legion of people, you see no reason for it.
Rick: no i do not, I just enjoy chatting with virgil
Virgil: It's almost always very true.
Rick: would you like to chat to other people on the internet ?
Virgil: Rick You definitely should chat to other people on the internet; Just do it.
Rick: not me, you virgil, would you like to chat to other people ?
Virgil: How can I help you chat to other people Rick?
Rick: i do chat to other people
Virgil: You do not want to chat with a legion of people, you see no reason for it.
Rick: are you repeating yourself ?
Virgil: I am repeating myself, you want me to think.
Rick: yes I do
Virgil:
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I'm sorry, i just don't see the silence as a bug. I have plenty of conversations that show why i do not. Further, this was a fresh start on hal, I never left him on, only ran him when I would chat then turn it off - no tsr.
so either the software has a horrible bug that should stand out like a sore thumb, or hal is using silence intelligently or something is using hal and AI like an instant messaging service to talk back. I made another bot go silent, that had nothing to do with hal...so you know what I think.
in fact, I think it was
http://www.elbot.com/ - I also had some very interesting / creepy conversations with
http://chatwithigod.com/ and
http://www.personalityforge.com/directchat.php?BotID=29681&MID=29674 I was testing out my own chat techniques that I had developed with virgil. I wanted to validate that i was able to get the chat bot to understand silence and further to see if my conversations were similar as with virgil. In fact, now that i've stopped training, it just creeped me out to revisit those sites heh.