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Alex Suter

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Jul 23, 2006, 2:05:27 PM7/23/06
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A vending machine told me to have a great day. The
Diet Pepsi it sold me might help in that respect, or
at least temporarily slake my massive caffeine
addiction, but the machine has my seventy five cents.
Our transaction was over. Why is it concerning itself
with my mental health as well?

To be honest, I doubt the machine's sincerity.

As far as Turing Tests go, this LCD hooked up to a
microprocessor isn't quite cutting the mustard.

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Bill Marcum

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Jul 23, 2006, 5:27:59 PM7/23/06
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["Followup-To:" header set to alt.religion.kibology.]

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 11:05:27 -0700 (PDT), Alex Suter
<asu...@xenon.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
> A vending machine told me to have a great day. The
> Diet Pepsi it sold me might help in that respect, or
> at least temporarily slake my massive caffeine
> addiction, but the machine has my seventy five cents.
> Our transaction was over. Why is it concerning itself
> with my mental health as well?
>
> To be honest, I doubt the machine's sincerity.
>
> As far as Turing Tests go, this LCD hooked up to a
> microprocessor isn't quite cutting the mustard.
>

The Turing test isn't an IQ test.
What would a typical human say after selling you a soft drink?


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Mark Edwards

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Jul 23, 2006, 9:35:41 PM7/23/06
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[snip Pepsi AI Challenge]

No cluons were harmed when Bill Marcum <bma...@iglou.com> wrote:
>The Turing test isn't an IQ test.
>What would a typical human say after selling you a soft drink?

My experience has been "Fuck you too, you cheap bastard!", but YMMV.


Mark Edwards
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Darla Vladschyk

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Jul 23, 2006, 11:33:27 PM7/23/06
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On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 01:35:41 -0000, Mark Edwards
<Mark-E...@comcast.net> wrote:

>[snip Pepsi AI Challenge]
>
>No cluons were harmed when Bill Marcum <bma...@iglou.com> wrote:
>>The Turing test isn't an IQ test.
>>What would a typical human say after selling you a soft drink?
>
>My experience has been "Fuck you too, you cheap bastard!", but YMMV.


You can't count your wife's response.

-=D=-

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Tim Chmielewski

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Jul 24, 2006, 12:52:01 AM7/24/06
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asu...@xenon.Stanford.EDU (Alex Suter) wrote in news:ea0dp7$hos$1
@xenon.Stanford.EDU:

> A vending machine told me to have a great day. The
> Diet Pepsi it sold me might help in that respect, or
> at least temporarily slake my massive caffeine
> addiction, but the machine has my seventy five cents.
> Our transaction was over. Why is it concerning itself
> with my mental health as well?
>
> To be honest, I doubt the machine's sincerity.
>

Anyone see the Phillip K Dick robot at Wired's NextFest recently?

It looks to be running some sort of Eliza program that can speak back to
you.


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Tim Chmielewski

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Jul 24, 2006, 12:57:49 AM7/24/06
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Tim Chmielewski <timc...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns980A9763A5C3Awe...@130.133.1.4:


> Anyone see the Phillip K Dick robot at Wired's NextFest recently?
>
> It looks to be running some sort of Eliza program that can speak back to
> you.
>

Doh! That was last year!

The robot went missing?!

Paula

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Jul 24, 2006, 12:20:50 PM7/24/06
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On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 03:33:27 GMT, Darla Vladschyk
<Darl...@Gmail.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 01:35:41 -0000, Mark Edwards
><Mark-E...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>[snip Pepsi AI Challenge]
>>
>>No cluons were harmed when Bill Marcum <bma...@iglou.com> wrote:
>>>The Turing test isn't an IQ test.
>>>What would a typical human say after selling you a soft drink?
>>
>>My experience has been "Fuck you too, you cheap bastard!", but YMMV.
>
>
>You can't count your wife's response.

Yeah! The question was specifically limited to humans.

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Paula
"Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy,
so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay

Mark Edwards

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Jul 24, 2006, 3:57:42 PM7/24/06
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[snip Pepsi AI Challenge]

No cluons were harmed when Bill Marcum <bma...@iglou.com> wrote:
>>>>The Turing test isn't an IQ test.
>>>>What would a typical human say after selling you a soft drink?


Mark Edwards <Mark-E...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>My experience has been "Fuck you too, you cheap bastard!", but
>>>YMMV.


Darla Vladschyk <Darl...@Gmail.com> wrote:
>>You can't count your wife's response.


No cluons were harmed when Paula <mmmtob...@earthlink.ent> wrote:
>Yeah! The question was specifically limited to humans.

Hey, there is *nothing wrong* with inflatable sheep. Besides, the
amendment failed in both houses. So there.

And I should mention that wifey dearest, while quite human (mmmm,
humans!), must be slightly (at least) warped from her 19 years with
me.

Adam Funk

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Jul 25, 2006, 6:42:11 AM7/25/06
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On 2006-07-24, Paula <mmmtob...@earthlink.ent> wrote:

>>You can't count your wife's response.
>
> Yeah! The question was specifically limited to humans.

The days were numbered, the nights were spent
In a rent-free furnished oxygen tent
Where a cyborg chef served up cuisine
The colour of which I'd never seen
I needed nutrition to keep up the pace
When I married the monster from outer space

--- The Bard of Salford

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and tells how the Lorax was lifted away.

David DeLaney

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Jul 25, 2006, 12:11:57 PM7/25/06
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Adam Funk <a24...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On 2006-07-24, Paula <mmmtob...@earthlink.ent> wrote:
>>>You can't count your wife's response.
>>
>> Yeah! The question was specifically limited to humans.
>
>The days were numbered, the nights were spent
>In a rent-free furnished oxygen tent
>Where a cyborg chef served up cuisine
>The colour of which I'd never seen
>I needed nutrition to keep up the pace
>When I married the monster from outer space
>
> --- The Bard of Salford

On every corner there's a giant metal Santa Claus
who watches over us with glowing red eyes
They carry weapons and they know if you've been bad or good
not everybody's good but everyone tries

--- Thing A Week #21

Dave "it's a cookbook version!" DeLaney
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