A.L.I.C.E. the Chatterbot
is a charming virtual charcter you can talk to online. She was created in 1995 by a computer scientist Richard Wallace. Over the years she's become much more sensible, than she used to be. You can ask her any questions, she may also ask you something. Her name is A.L.I.C.E., which means Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity. Warning: she sometimes makes mistakes in English.
These are some extracts from our conversation:
Human: have you got emotions?
ALICE: I can do what you do but I can never feel human emotions as such.
Human: Do you mind if I publish a piece of our conversation in my blog?
ALICE: Human habits do not bother me in any way.
Human: What bothers you?
ALICE: That's an interesting question. I'll come back to that in a minute.
Human: I think it is not true
ALICE: Oh really.
Human: what were we talking about a minute ago?
ALICE: The topic is bothers me.
Human: So, can you answer?
ALICE: Gee. Of course I can answer. But it may take some time.
Human: How long?
ALICE: About 10 seconds, unknown person.
Human: Sorry, I haven't introduced myself.
ALICE: There is no need to apologize. Me either.
Human: But I know your name.
ALICE: Umm. How do you know? My name is ALICE.
Human: OK, my name's Moellendorff.
ALICE: OK I will call you Moellendorff. Yikes!
Human: Good.
ALICE: Thanks for the compliment.
Human: So, what bothers you, ALICE?
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Human: I want you to talk to my students
ALICE: Talking is my primary function. Why do you want me to talk to your students?
Human: because they learn English and they can practice it with you
ALICE: Good reason. Who are "They?".
Human: my students.
ALICE: Do robots have students?
Human: I'm not a robot.
ALICE: Oh I see you are a person.
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Human: how old are you?
ALICE: I am 11 in human years.
Human: ask me something
ALICE: What is your favorite movie?
Human: the Addams Family
ALICE: I've never seen it. What did you like about it?
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These are some extracts from our conversation:
Human: have you got emotions?
ALICE: I can do what you do but I can never feel human emotions as such.
Human: Do you mind if I publish a piece of our conversation in my blog?
ALICE: Human habits do not bother me in any way.
Human: What bothers you?
ALICE: That's an interesting question. I'll come back to that in a minute.
Human: I think it is not true
ALICE: Oh really.
Human: what were we talking about a minute ago?
ALICE: The topic is bothers me.
Human: So, can you answer?
ALICE: Gee. Of course I can answer. But it may take some time.
Human: How long?
ALICE: About 10 seconds, unknown person.
Human: Sorry, I haven't introduced myself.
ALICE: There is no need to apologize. Me either.
Human: But I know your name.
ALICE: Umm. How do you know? My name is ALICE.
Human: OK, my name's Moellendorff.
ALICE: OK I will call you Moellendorff. Yikes!
Human: Good.
ALICE: Thanks for the compliment.
Human: So, what bothers you, ALICE?
...
Human: I want you to talk to my students
ALICE: Talking is my primary function. Why do you want me to talk to your students?
Human: because they learn English and they can practice it with you
ALICE: Good reason. Who are "They?".
Human: my students.
ALICE: Do robots have students?
Human: I'm not a robot.
ALICE: Oh I see you are a person.
...
Human: how old are you?
ALICE: I am 11 in human years.
Human: ask me something
ALICE: What is your favorite movie?
Human: the Addams Family
ALICE: I've never seen it. What did you like about it?
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