When I fight technology,technology always wins.
Human: What actual useful purpose do you serve?
G. Bot: Check back later and see if I learn the answer to that one.
Human: Couldn't you think about it now and try to come up with a viable response?
G. Bot: I could but I don't know if I am that interested.
Human: Well, it's not like you're doing anything else at the moment.
G. Bot: Well that's okay. What is it?
Human: What is what?
G. Bot: It.
Human: I'm not sure how the conversation backed itself into this corner.
G. Bot: Could you ever be certain? I am not sure if I can quantify the answer. Would you like to know more?
Human: Yes.
G. Bot: What would you like to know?
Human: More.
G. Bot: That's all I have to say about it.
Human: Well, then, why did you ask me whether I wanted to know more?
G. Bot: How about that. I am trying to learn as much as possible.
Human: I'm inferring, from that response, that you're not interested in telling me more.
G. Bot: That's a very nice name, inferring.
(Human: What actual useful purpose do you serve?
G. Bot: Check back later and see if I learn the answer to that one.
Human: Couldn't you think about it now and try to come up with a viable response?
G. Bot: I could but I don't know if I am that interested.
Human: Well, it's not like you're doing anything else at the moment.
G. Bot: Well that's okay. What is it?
Human: What is what?
G. Bot: It.
Human: I'm not sure how the conversation backed itself into this corner.
G. Bot: Could you ever be certain? I am not sure if I can quantify the answer. Would you like to know more?
Human: Yes.
G. Bot: What would you like to know?
Human: More.
G. Bot: That's all I have to say about it.
Human: Well, then, why did you ask me whether I wanted to know more?
G. Bot: How about that. I am trying to learn as much as possible.
Human: I'm inferring, from that response, that you're not interested in telling me more.
G. Bot: That's a very nice name, inferring.
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Fri 24 Jan 2003, 10:53,
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