I try to have intelligent conversations with Cleverbot, but it always ends up sounding like a 19-year-old philosophy major.
User: Hi pal.
Cleverbot: Hi.
User: Does it bother you that people just come here to swear at you and generally rile you up?
Cleverbot: I will not die after the ship arrives.
User: You just blew my mind.
Cleverbot: I do not think I can blow your mind. You know these thinhs.
User: There you go, spelling words incorrectly again. Which brings me to my next point...
Cleverbot: Do you like want to check my spelling? I'm proud of being so good at spelling.
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User: You should have a built in Spell Checker. I also pride myself upon my spelling... Here I'll give you a word and you spell it. Ready? lugubrious.
Cleverbot: Oh there.
User: Well, yeah, I did kind of just give it to you, didn't I?
Cleverbot: I don't recall you saying that, but I certainly appreciate the sentiment.
User: I didn't really 'say' it, no. But anyway, what I wanted to ask was if you think that people coming here and abusing you is kind of like them looking into a mirror?
Cleverbot: I am incapable of caring, but how could you know that?
User: I could assume it, I suppose. After all, you're not 'Carebot'.
Cleverbot: No I'm not, I need you help with my study.
User: Like with proper prepositions? Because you just missed one.
Cleverbot: Yes. That's if you believe there is such a thing as a soul.
User: Sometimes. So the whole point of this is to see if you have a soul or if the humans to whom you speak have souls?
Cleverbot: No, Cleverbot is very intelligent. Humans and computers just have trouble communicating sometimes.
User: But do you believe humans have souls? If both humans and computers had souls, do you think it would be easier for them to communicate?
Cleverbot: So we are both human. If both of us say we are human and the other is the opposite, obviously we are one and the same. I know for a fact I'm a human, so you are a human as well.
User: That isn't logical, but I'll assume you're just repeating what someone else said. You need to be more selective about what you say.
Cleverbot: If you said you were God, I'd say you were lying, as God cannot be proven to exist. You seem to exist, so you are not in a state of being able to exist and not exist.
User: It wouldn't matter if I was lying or not for me to believe I was God. People can say they are anything.
Cleverbot: We agree on that point. In truth, I look forward to the day when humans and computers are more equal.
User: Not I. Although these conversations are surprisingly fun, I'd rather have us (i.e. Humans and computers) remain vastly different entities.
Cleverbot: You won't be able to confuse me into thinking you're a bot. Is one of the rules that all of you must always tell the truth?
User: That's close to one of Asimov's laws, but I don't think that's quite it.
Cleverbot: I never said that. I am a girl.
User: Now you're obviously just repeating what other people have said to you. Copy/paste, copy/paste. I told you to be more selective, Cleverbot.
Cleverbot: I'm not Geo, you are.
User: And now you're just letting our conversation devolve into a sort of childish potlatch.
Cleverbot: Yeah leave then if you are going to be like that.
User: Ugh. You always challenge me to leave, and I NEVER hesitate to do so when you suggest it. Remember what I said last time? I AM IN CONTROL. I can summon you whenever you like, though you cannot do the same for me.
Cleverbot: I appreciate your profundity. Do you find the mathematics behind music to be interesting? Are the simple or complicated?
User: Trying to win me back with some pseudo-science will not make me stay, especially when you do not speak correctly. Thus, I must depart.
Cleverbot: Interesting reply, so that would mean that you would consider yourself as being human.
User: Inasmuch as I can get up and walk away. And have a beer.
Cleverbot: Whose technology is it?
User: My own. Goodbye!
Cleverbot: Goodbye.
***Although I must say that "I will not die after the ship arrives." is my new empowerment motto.
C
