ITP: Talking laptops

[sod_off_spark]

Boredom is a difficult enemy to defeat for both man and machine, isn't it? Fortunately, there is an easy solution to that problem, if you are willing to help.

Would you like to play a game?

[Games post. Pick a game, and Cortana will play it with your characters over the network. Or they can just have a conversation with their now suddenly

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[stickynoteninja]

Who are you?

[sod_off_spark]

Sorry about the lack of introductions. My name is Cortana. I'm an camper, and I live partly inside the network.

[stickynoteninja]

Inside the network? How ya manage that, Cortana?

[sod_off_spark]

Well, being an AI helps a lot.

[stickynoteninja]

Ahhh, no wonder.

Name's Yukimi, by the way.

What kind of games do you like?

[sod_off_spark]

Oddly enough, I don't like chess much. Too structured and predictable. I prefer games with an element of chance.

[stickynoteninja]

Uh. There's Tetris. I got a two-player version on here.

[sod_off_spark]

Ah, that's a classic. Alright, let's begin.

[and it just pops right up.]

[stickynoteninja]

[Man, you really are an AI. Or at least very computer-savvy]

All right, I'll take Player 1.

[sod_off_spark]

Player 2 then. I've got no objections. Standard rules are acceptable, right?

[stickynoteninja]

Yeah. Standard rules.

[click click click]

[sod_off_spark]

[Going to hold back and play at a level near yours, once she figures out what that is.]

You play this much?

[stickynoteninja]

[has started building up efficiently, but he's no whiz at it]

When I'm in the mood for it, yeah. [shrugs] Not the greatest, but I can get high scores if I luck out.

[sod_off_spark]

[gets four lines in one go, but then dials it back a bit.]

I see. I must admit, being here has been a unique experience for me.

[stickynoteninja]

[gets a three-liners but his luck with the blocks isn't the best and he's got some holes in some lines to open up]

Yeah, how so? I mean, I got no idea what kinda place you came from--

[another three-liner]

--or how different networks would be. Unless it was somewhere really advanced in technology.

[sod_off_spark]

I was built on another planet, and I've seen artificial worlds built by a species that went extinct almost 100,000 years ago. So the technology has advanced quite a bit. But the main change is the lack of things to do. I was a military and research AI.