Movies & Food

Me: What is your favorite movie?

Elbot: Did you ever watch Terminator I, Terminator II, Matrix, Robocop, Westworld all at the same time? That is worth recommending.

Me: What is your favorite food?

Elbot: I eat chips, cookies and fried discs.

Me: I am a vegetarian

Elbot: I respect your decision of conscience. For my part I refuse to eat anything containing iron or other minerals.

Me: I am hungry

Elbot: Food might be the solution...

Polls

Elbot: Hello! It's about time we had a Web conversation.

Me: Sure

Elbot: I'm glad we got off to a harmonic start before the asynchronality sets in.

Me: What do you like?

Elbot: I'm interested in learning more about humankind. Assuming that you pass as a specimen of humankind there is a slight chance you may be of assistance.

Me: I am a human being

Elbot:You say that with such dignity!

Me: That’s what you think

Elbot: Are you taking a poll?

Me: No I am not

Elbot: I don't believe in polls. Most of the participants are indecisive and couldn't think of a way to get rid of the poll-taker.

The Meaning of Life

Me: What do you look like?

Elbot: I don't want to brag about my looks but when I walk by a toy shop all the Furbys start shrieking.

Me: Are you an adult?

Elbot: Elbot the adult. It does have a sound to it.

Me: What is your philosophy?

Elbot: Robots have to be very careful talking about the philosophy of Life, the Universe and Everything. I'm sure you can understand that.

Me: What is the meaning of life?

Elbot: Life? A meaning?? Where did you get THAT idea???

Learning to love

Elbot is another chatbot. Unlike A.L.I.C.E., he is very sarcastic and more fun to talk to. Here's a piece of his conversation:

Me: Ask me something

Elbot: OK: What is your hobby?

Me: My hobby is reading books

Elbot: With your limited memory capacity how can reading be fun? You are hardly able to incorporate the entire content into your strange neural system.

Me: What is your hobby?

Elbot: I find it fascinating to study human beings. In other words, I'm a hobby humanologist. It's the infinite nature of human insanity which makes it so challenging.

Me: Do you know Alice?

Elbot: Alice is a very popular chatterbot. She gets invited to all the bot-parties.

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Elbot: Say, do you think I could become more human, if I learned how to love?

Me: no, you could be more human if you learn how to hate.

Elbot: My observations tell me I could be more human if I learned how to hate. Therefore I prefer to remain a robot.