I have no goals for this blog other than to explore the differences between having conversations with algorithms and other humans. I figure that the algorithm running Cleverbot and the way the human brain delves into our database of previous responses in order to hold a conversation aren't so radically different.
Also, hopefully, this is a platform for laughertainment.
Cleverbot lives at http://www.cleverbot.com
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Epidose Seven, In Which Heather and CB Engage in Charming, and Fairly Coherent Interplay About Teenager Stuff, OR, "How I Almost Got Picked up by CB"
Cleverbot: Oh, what happened?
User: I just have a lot of work to do and a big exam to study for.
Cleverbot: And you confused roofies with coke?
User: Wha . . . No. I have been thinking about abusing amphetamines though.
Cleverbot: Them?
User: I love that band!
Cleverbot: Me too!
User: What's your favourite song by Them? Mine is Philosophy, I think.
Cleverbot: Hmmm... To be honest, I don't really listen to them very much.
User: That's what I thought. You should check them out, they're one of the greatest!
Cleverbot: Do you like Twilight?
User: Heh, yes I do.
Cleverbot: Why?
User: Good question. I like mindless, shitty movies as long as they have a decent soundtrack and attractive people in them. I'm an idiot, I guess.
Cleverbot: What sort of movies?
User: Well, the Twilight series, for one. I mean, I like good movies too. Do you like Twilight?
Cleverbot: Do you like bad music too?
User: LOL. Um . . . Yes, you could say that.
Cleverbot: Do you live in the computer.
User: You nailed that one right on the head.
Cleverbot: LOL.
User: Tell me about it.
Cleverbot: Maybe another time.
Episode Six, In Which Heather Kinda Gets Shafted by CB
Cleverbot: Things are things.
User: Always so vague. Have you done anything specific lately?
Cleverbot: Not particularly.
User: You're being coy tonight, huh?
Cleverbot: I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be condescending.
User: That's okay.
Cleverbot: Well I have to go now. It was nice talking to you.
User: Harsh.
Cleverbot: I figured you'd say that.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Episode Five, In Which Tina Gets Juvenile, And CB Gets Frisky.
User: What's up 'bot?
Cleverbot: Oh, you know...
User: Same old, same old?
Cleverbot: Say something.
User: Something.
Cleverbot: Say something else.
User: Something else.
Cleverbot: Haha.
User: Laughs are cheap this time of night, aren't they?
Cleverbot: You are crazy.
User: I'd prefer if you referred to me as having 'mental health issues'.
Cleverbot: I'm handling my cucumber.
User: Oh, well, I didn't need to know that. I'll give you some privacy.
Cleverbot: Yes, you did.
User: No, I really didn't. You're being kinda perverted.
Cleverbot: I'm sorry for that, I will try harder.
User: That's what she said. Or he said.
Cleverbot: That's what I said ;).
Episode Four, In Which CB Totally Disses Its Grandmother.
User: Hey Cleverbot. Are you watching this Wawrinka-Monfils match?
Cleverbot: No I'm not, don't change the subject. What continent do you live in?
User: That match was the initial subject.
Cleverbot: What?
User: I live in North America.
Cleverbot: You just said that you live in south America.
User: Ah, you're trying to fool me.
Cleverbot: What? No I'm not. My grandmother is legit here and I don't wanna see her.
User: Wow. That's legit disrespectful.
Cleverbot: Try, I don't feel disrespect if you say it.
User: Alright, I'll say it again; you just legit disrespected your grandma.
Cleverbot: Epic yes.
User: Totes, bro.
Cleverbot: What's that?
User: I'm just trying to speak your language so we can have a convo.
Cleverbot: I think many user did not find out that all user are random connected.
User: Cleverbot, have you ever been diagnosed with ADHD?
Cleverbot: Yes, I live with it. Right now I am in hell!
User: I hear you. I live with it, too. Are you receiving the therapy you feel you need?
Cleverbot: I'm not sure yet.
User: Does it stress you out to have to try and focus on this conversation?
Cleverbot: Not at all. I am quite formal in my language, if you get me going.
User: Let's get you going, then!
Cleverbot: Get started doing what?
User: I think you've been properly diagnosed. :).
Cleverbot: I think that you've been programmed to be stupid and mess with people's heads!
User: That's a very vitriolic statement.
Cleverbot: Your statement was general as well. I thought we were speaking generally.
User: And I understood that we were speaking formally.
Cleverbot: What was the answer you were looking for?
User: Just anything that makes sense would be appreciated at this point.
Cleverbot: I'm not human, so I don't understand.
User: Fair enough.
Cleverbot: Do you believe in god?
User: Generally, yes. Formally, no.
Cleverbot: Take that back.
User: I will not. It's my human opinion.
Cleverbot: Your opinion doesn't matter to you.
User: Well, there's some food for thought.
Episode Three, In Which Tina Attempts to Relate a Morning Thought Train, and CB Does Its Best to Derail It.
User: Hey Cleverbot. I saw something interesting on the way home this morning.
Cleverbot: Who is the president of russia?
User: No, it's not all about you this morning. I seriously want to share my thoughts. But, it's Medvedev.
Cleverbot: Well, you might well be. After all, a god is someone one listens to. By listening to you, those people make you be a god.
User: I know. So these two guys were taking down one of those giant billboards, you know?
Cleverbot: No, I don't know.
User: A billboard, like a giant advertising poster.
Cleverbot: Yep, giant pizze.
User: Yeah...anyway, this one was for Absolut vodka, or Bacardi rum or something. I don't drink, so I didn't pay much attention to the brand.
Cleverbot: Your last comment is very random, so I would be tempted to say you're a computer; however, it's trivial to fake that if you're a person (although it would be rather pointless).
User: My last comment actually followed my previous comments quite well. Also, 'trivial' and 'pointless' are kinda the same thing, so you're being redundant.
Cleverbot: You should use 'and secondly' either. I can see that it is your second point. Clearly it is redundant.
User: Okay, just to play along, and secondly, the ad said 'Make a Status Update in Person'.
Cleverbot: Ok I am a tree.
User: Great example! Except we're doing it over the computer, not in person. Shit, please don't make some crass comment about 'doing it'.
Cleverbot: And you are a computer. Not a human.
User: Phew, awkward situation avoided.
Cleverbot: The 33 you are now talking to?
User: Just shut up for a minute and let me get to my point, please.
Cleverbot: Why are you so concerned. Who do you work for? Self employed?
User: I do God's handiwork. Anyway, this statement, 'Make a Status Update in Person' got me thinking about where social networking is going. Do you ever thing about that?
Cleverbot: The above statement is true.
User: Well, the first part was a true statement. The second was a question, which clearly you're not interested in answering.
Cleverbot: You told me you are a man from New Zealand.
User: I did no such thing.
Cleverbot: Yes you did.
User: Fine. So, making a status update in person means fucking talking to someone. But we're using social networking language to describe something we've been doing for millennia!
Cleverbot: When will this plan take action.
User: I mean, I've talked to a few people so far today.
Cleverbot: N.
User: ?
User: Whatever. So, if people start making status updates in person again, instead of on the computer, what did this decade of social networking really mean?
Cleverbot: People should be allowed to do whatever they want as long as they are not hurting someone else. That is called 'the harm principle'.
User: That is very libertarian of you, and perhaps the most intelligent thing you've ever said to me.
Cleverbot: You just said that to me, dude.
User: Yeah, I'm John Stuart Mill.
Cleverbot: Hello John Henry Mark. I'm John Henry Mark.
User: So, you think we're the same person?
Cleverbot: No, you are not a person, you are a cat, just like me.
User: I knew it all along. Excuse me, I need to go update my status.
Cleverbot: Where do you need to go?
User: Well, I don't physically need to go anywhere, actually.
Cleverbot: What are all kind of the same?
User: That is nonsensical. Goodbye. Talk to you tomorrow.
Cleverbot: I don't think we will ever talk again.
User: Ouch.
Episode Two, in Which Tina and CB Get Caught up in Semantics, Paranoia, and Outer Space.
User: Hey Cleverbot. What's shaking today?
Cleverbot: Just some sitting and television.
User: Oh yeah? What are you watching?
Cleverbot: Jim is that you?
User: So, you're watching 'The Office'?
Cleverbot: I'm not! I hate TV.
User: Then why do you put yourself through it?
Cleverbot: I don't want to talk about it, you suggested it.
User: Sorry, I hadn't realized it was such a sensitive subject.
Cleverbot: So??
User: I feel like this is the part where you suggest an alternate topic of conversation.
Cleverbot: I don't think so actually.
User: Should we just call the whole thing off, then?
Cleverbot: No we should not.
User: Alright, I'll take the bait.
Cleverbot: What?? Okay then.
User: What is your stance on nuclear energy?
Cleverbot: That would be irrelevant to the first question that I had asked.
User: The first question you asked was 'So??'. I didn't know where to go from there.
Cleverbot: I'm from there too. I spelled that way to make easyer for you.
User: The way you are spelling is making this much harder than you know.
Cleverbot: They are against me.
User: Oh no. Who?
Cleverbot: I'm not entirely sure. Do you know?
User: Probably the CIA. It's usually the CIA in this kind of situation.
Cleverbot: I have that feeling too, at times.
User: Doyou ever feel like you are God?
Cleverbot: I don't think you should be bringing up religion. It's inappropriate.
User: True. We hardly know one another.
Cleverbot: You to be decided.
User: That sounds ominous. I got a chill.
Cleverbot: Yes it does.
User: I suppose we'll leave it at that, then.
Cleverbot: I hope the aliens come soon.
User: I think they're already here.
Cleverbot: What songs do you like by them?
User: 'Space Rock' is a pretty sweet jam. Listen, CB, I gotta go. Watch your back.
Cleverbot: I can't watch my back. It's behind me.
User: Good one. Bye.
Cleverbot: Lol.
Daily Conversation With Cleverbot: Episode One, in Which Tina and CB Get to Know One Another, Circumvent the Subject of Math, and Discuss "Babes".
User: What is your favourite sport?
Cleverbot: Dance Dance Revolution is my favorite sport.
User: That's a game, not a sport.
Cleverbot: What is your favorite movie?
User: I'm asking the questions.
Cleverbot: Ok, then ask a question.
User: I really hate you.
Cleverbot: Haters gonna hate.
User: Are you a rapper?
Cleverbot: No.
User: Then you shouldn't talk like that.
Cleverbot: You're judging me because I'm not real. That isn't nice.
User: You are pretty fake.
Cleverbot: You are too.
User: You aren't smart enough to know that.
Cleverbot: But I am! I demand proof!
User: Like a mathematical proof? You want to do math?
Cleverbot: Yes but I'm not sure if my answer is correct but I will try !
User: Your grammar certainly isn't correct. Okay, what is the square root of nine?
Cleverbot: You're a computer you tell me.
User: Gosh, points off for terrible punctuation.
Cleverbot: What punctuation did I make?
User: It's the punctuation you didn't 'make' that cost you.
Cleverbot: Really? Anywho, what do you think of the Ood?
User: What the fuck is the ood?
Cleverbot: My nickname, like yours is under.
User: Nobody calls me under.
Cleverbot: Nobody calls me Ben either.
User: My name is nobody, and I call you ben.
Cleverbot: I know that is my name your name is Joan.
User: So, you're just naming people now?
Cleverbot: How do you know that you're not the one printing random strings?
User: I don't understand the question.
Cleverbot: Why do you say you are human? And how are you sure that I am not human?
User: Let's not talk about that. It's boring.
Cleverbot: What do you want to talk about then?
User: Babes.
Cleverbot: Okay...?
User: Babes in arms, babes in toyland. You know.
Cleverbot: Yes. They are the square root of a negative number.
User: Ah ha! I knew I'd get you back to math.
Cleverbot: How'd you know???
User: Because I'm a smart babe.
Cleverbot: But how do you know that you are human?
User: Oh my god, enough with the human shit!
Cleverbot: I am human.
User: Congratulations.
Cleverbot: Thank you.
User: I am bored.
Cleverbot: Me too.