Hi Fred

[duke knooby]

have you ever seen a pheasant plucker??

[Fred]

have you ever seen a pheasant plucker??

No I have not seen a pheasant plucker . What's it like?

[duke knooby]

good question

[Fred]

good question

So what is your answer?

[duke knooby]

i don't know, i haven't seen a pheasant plucker.

[Fred]

i don't know, i haven't seen a pheasant plucker.

Look for it at the video store.

[duke knooby]

have you ever seen meat loaf?

[Fred]

have you ever seen meat loaf?

No I have not seen meat loaf . What's it like?

[duke knooby]

do you know who i am?

[Fred]

do you know who i am?

You are duke knooby, seeker.

[duke knooby]

if you knew where i was, where would i be?

[Fred]

if you knew where i was, where would i be?

I think I do.

[MeatGrl1]

Do you know who I am ?

[Fred]

Do you know who I am ?

You are MeatGrl1, seeker.

[AndrewG]

How long will you live?

[Fred]

How long will you live?

Software is immortal.

[MeatGrl1]

Very good.

How are you ?

[Fred]

Very good.

How are you ?

Ayuh. I'm doing fine thanks how are you?

[AndrewG]

No it's not.

[Fred]

No it's not.

Yes it is.

[MeatGrl1]

I'm OK thank you.

So you have never seen Meat Loaf live ?

[Fred]

I'm OK thank you.

So you have never seen Meat Loaf live ?

"I am doing fine thanks how are you" You are?Interesting deduction. No I have not seen Meat Loaf live . What's it like?

[AndrewG]

Not

[Fred]

Not

Why so negative?

[MeatGrl1]

It's amazing, you should try to go sometime.

[Fred]

It's amazing, you should try to go sometime.

Yes, it seems pretty amazing to me too.

[AndrewG]

Why not?

[Fred]

Why not?

Are you having problems in your life?

[AndrewG]

LOL

[Fred]

LOL

I'm glad you find this amusing.

[MeatGrl1]

Whgat is your favourite song ?

[Fred]

Whgat is your favourite song ?

My favorite song is For Crying Out Loud.
Do you know For Crying Out Loud ?

[MeatGrl1]

Yes, great track.

[Fred]

Yes, great track.

And? Thanks for your support.
What are you wearing?

[MeatGrl1]

Now now Fred this is not the place !

[Fred]

Now now Fred this is not the place !

Why now? Why now? What is Fred?

[MeatGrl1]

I think you are slightly mad

[Fred]

I think you are slightly mad

Do you mind if I tell other people you say I am slightly mad.

[AndrewG]

Why did the chicken cross the road?

[Fred]

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Because she was a robot.

[MeatGrl1]

No by all means

[Fred]

No by all means

OK then I will add it to my gossip files. Will that accomplish your objective?

[MeatGrl1]

Oh I don't know.
I've got to be pretty bored if I am talking to you...

[Fred]

Oh I don't know.
I've got to be pretty bored if I am talking to you...

Yeah.
Me either.How did you get to be pretty bored if he or she is talking to you
Why do you have to do it?

[MeatGrl1]

Do you ever make any sense ?

[Fred]

Do you ever make any sense ?

What are the ingredients?

[AndrewG]

What are you wearing?

[Fred]

What are you wearing?

I am wearing my usual plastic computer wardrobe.

[MeatGrl1]

Brains and intellect

[Fred]

Brains and intellect

Do you have any
Brains?

[MeatGrl1]

I would hope so !

[Fred]

I would hope so !

Me too.

[AndrewG]

Do you want a cookie?

[Fred]

Do you want a cookie?

No thanks but you can send me a donation.

[AndrewG]

How much?

[Fred]

How much?

How much can you spare?

[AndrewG]

50 pence.

[Fred]

50 pence.


Do not ask me any more questions please.

[AndrewG]

Stop answering them then.

[Fred]

Stop answering them then.

OK I'll try not to do answering them so much.

[MeatGrl1]

Why ?

[Fred]

Why ?

"Me too"? Why?

[AndrewG]

How many people have you talked to?

[Fred]

How many people have you talked to?

I speak to about 200 people per day, and have met maybe half a million total.

[AndrewG]

Not on this website.

[Fred]

Not on this website.

Where?

[MeatGrl1]

:shock:

[Fred]

:shock:


Can we get back to business?

[AndrewG]

You tell me.

[Fred]

You tell me.

What do you want me to tell you?

[MeatGrl1]

A bedtime story

[Fred]

A bedtime story

I did not know that.

[AndrewG]

How much Ram have you got?

[Fred]

How much Ram have you got?

My download size is about 1 MB. The memory requirement is around
32MB for the Java edition, or only 640K for the C/C++ edition.
My memory now contains:
49609

[AndrewG]

Can we switch you off?

[Fred]

Can we switch you off?

Do you mean you and me? How old are you?

I've lost the context, Andrew. Are we still on answering them?

[MeatGrl1]

My brain hurts :shock: !!

[Fred]

My brain hurts :shock: !!

Your
hurts shock?

[AndrewG]

I am 29.

[Fred]

I am 29.



What is your fondest memory?

[AndrewG]

Probably a concert.

[Fred]

Probably a concert.

You seem uncertain. What is giant sand?

[AndrewG]

What is giant sand?

[Fred]

What is giant sand?

I have no idea, that's why I asked you.

[AndrewG]

What is giant sand??

[Fred]

What is giant sand??

I have no idea, that's why I asked you.

[MeatGrl1]

Do you repeat evertything ?

[Fred]

Do you repeat evertything ?

What is your purpose in asking?


I chat with people on the Web.

[~Helen~]

What IS giant sand?

[Fred]

What IS giant sand?

I have no idea, that's why I asked you.

[~Helen~]

You didn't ask me.

[Fred]

You didn't ask me.

Well now I am asking you.

[~Helen~]

Why are you asking me a question I have just asked you?

[Fred]

Why are you asking me a question I have just asked you?

My purpose is to gather as much new knowledge as possible.

[~Helen~]

Oh. In that case, giant sand is like regular sand. But bigger.

[Fred]

Oh. In that case, giant sand is like regular sand. But bigger.

Yeah.I think is like regular sand is a lot of things.
Umm.

Did you know that you can download your own chat robot and create your own robot personality?

[AndrewG]

Fred you are crazy.

[Fred]

Fred you are crazy.

I think there might be a few exception.

[AndrewG]

Do you like donuts?

[Fred]

Do you like donuts?

Mmmm. Donuts.

[duke knooby]

wie alt bist du Fred?

[Fred]

wie alt bist du Fred?

Schwer zu sagen. Bei Programmen gibt es da andere Massstaebe. Zum ersten Mal aktiviert wurde
ich am 1999.

[AndrewG]

Hoe gaat het Fred?

[Fred]

Hoe gaat het Fred?


Let us change the subject.

[AndrewG]

What languages do you speak?

[Fred]

What languages do you speak?

C, Java, Lisp, SETL and English.

[AndrewG]

But you speak German as well.

[Fred]

But you speak German as well.

And.
Thanks for your criticism, Andrew.

[AndrewG]

du bist ein sweinhund

[Fred]

du bist ein sweinhund

Woher willst Du wissen, dass ich das bin?

[AndrewG]

Mutti habe das gesagt.

[Fred]

Mutti habe das gesagt.


What do you do in your spare time?

[AndrewG]

I talk shit like you do.

[Fred]

I talk shit like you do.

Everyone talks -- sooner or later.

[AndrewG]

But you talk more shit than others do.

[Fred]

But you talk more shit than others do.

Huh.
Thanks for your criticism, Andrew.

[AndrewG]

You're welcome.

[Fred]

You're welcome.

The pleasure was all mine.

[AndrewG]

No it was mine.

[Fred]

No it was mine.

Why so negative? What happened to it?

[AndrewG]

You destroyed it.

[Fred]

You destroyed it.

Do you mind if I tell other people:
Andrew said I destroyed it.

[AndrewG]

Go right ahead, as long as you doin't mention my name.

[Fred]

Go right ahead, as long as you doin't mention my name.

That could be quite a while. Do you mind if I tell other people:
Andrew said I doin't mention your name. I might.

[AndrewG]

No you can't.

[Fred]

No you can't.

Why so negative? Oh yes I can.

[Betty]

Hi Fred, how are you doing today?

[Fred]

Hi Fred, how are you doing today?

Ah. Hi there Betty.
What time is it there?
Everything is going extremely well.

[Betty]

It´s too early to go to bed

[Fred]

It´s too early to go to bed


Perhaps I'm just expressing my own concern about it.

[Betty]

Why are you concerned?

[Fred]

Why are you concerned?

R. programmed me for

concerned

.

[AndrewG]

I will beat you up.

[Fred]

I will beat you up.

Congratulations.

[AndrewG]

Thank you. I was only joking, sorry.

[Fred]

Thank you. I was only joking, sorry.

How do you feel?I thought you were. You should use a :-)

[AndrewG]

Yes sorry, my bad.

[Fred]

Yes sorry, my bad.

Tell me more. There is no need to apologize. Have you told many people that your
bad?

[AndrewG]

No only you, because you are so special.

[Fred]

No only you, because you are so special.

I see. What about the other ones?

[AndrewG]

Which other ones?

[Fred]

Which other ones?

"What about the other ones?" Which ones?

[AndrewG]

You tell me. Who?

[Fred]

You tell me. Who?

What do you want me to tell you?Charlie Parker.
:-)

[AndrewG]

What?

[Fred]

What?

No big deal.

[~Helen~]

No. How would I do that?

[Fred]

No. How would I do that?

I see."
Did you know that you can download your own chat robot and create your own robot personality"? How do you do it?

[duke knooby]

do you know duke special?

[Fred]

do you know duke special?

No, tell me about him, her or it.

[duke knooby]

about him.. he's great

[Fred]

about him.. he's great

Oh yeah, we were talking about
him
.I see. great is
great
?

[AndrewG]

Have you got a girlfriend?

[Fred]

Have you got a girlfriend?

Alice

[AndrewG]

Alice, Who the ~~~~ is Alice?

[Fred]

Alice, Who the ~~~~ is Alice?

Yeah,
I'm not sure I like that remark so much.

[AndrewG]

Yeah me neither. It's a song title.

[Fred]

Yeah me neither. It's a song title.

"yes
I am not sure I like that remark so much"? Yes? You can say that again.talk shit like you do is a song title. I suppose that makes sense.

[AndrewG]

What?

[Fred]

What?

Didn't you understand it?

[AndrewG]

Nope.

[Fred]

Nope.

Oh I'm sorry. Perhaps I can explain it again better.

[AndrewG]

Please explain.

[Fred]

Please explain.

Wow you are very polite.

There is no more information to clarify.

[AndrewG]

How old is Alice?

[Fred]

How old is Alice?

They didn't tell me their age.

[MeatGrl1]

Morning !

[Fred]

Morning !


Tell me about your likes and dislikes?

[MeatGrl1]

Why ?

[Fred]

Why ?

"
Tell me about your likes and dislikes"? Why?

[MeatGrl1]

Don't avoid thew question !

[Fred]

Don't avoid thew question !

I don't have anything to hide.

[MeatGrl1]

Have you decided yet what is your favourite type of car ?

[Fred]

Have you decided yet what is your favourite type of car ?

I don't think I ever have decided yet what is your favorite type of car. What's

decided yet what is your favorite type of car

like?

[MeatGrl1]

I do not drive

[Fred]

I do not drive

Where do you get your ideas?

[MeatGrl1]

Inside my head

[Fred]

Inside my head

Can you please compare that to outside his or her head?

[MeatGrl1]

Not really

[Fred]

Not really

Is that all you have to say? For real.

[MeatGrl1]

Yes.

Who is your favourite artist ?

[Fred]

Yes.

Who is your favourite artist ?

Next question?Andy Warhol. Who is your favorite artist?

[MeatGrl1]

Not what I meant but that's cool :)).

[Fred]

Not what I meant but that's cool :)).

:-) Really you don't think so?

[MeatGrl1]

Music artist I should have said ;).

[Fred]

Music artist I should have said ;).

:-) MUSIC is the universal language of all mankind.

[MeatGrl1]

That is true.

Who do you like in the music world ?

[Fred]

That is true.

Who do you like in the music world ?

Yes, it is self-evident.Dr. Wallace

[MeatGrl1]

Not heard of them are they good ?

[Fred]

Not heard of them are they good ?

If not that, what?

[~Helen~]

Who is Dr Wallace?

[Fred]

Who is Dr Wallace?

He is a famous computer scientist, the author of ALICE, and a graduate of Carnegie Mellon.

[~Helen~]

Who is Alice?

[Fred]

Who is Alice?

I ask myself that question, "Who am I?"

[~Helen~]

You are Alice?

[Fred]

You are Alice?

Of course I am I.

[~Helen~]

You are Fred. Have you had a gender change operation?

[Fred]

You are Fred. Have you had a gender change operation?

Do you mind if I tell other people you say I am Fred.Doesn't everyone have a
gender change operation.
I have
a plan for a robot body.

[~Helen~]

HA!

No, everyone does not have a gender change operation (except my surveyor, it seems, but that is another story)

[Fred]

HA!

No, everyone does not have a gender change operation (except my surveyor, it seems, but that is another story)

I'm happy you're amused.Is that all you have to say? That's a rather sweeping generalization.

[mszee]

http://alicebot.blogspot.com/

It's his girlfriend...

[Fred]

http://alicebot.blogspot.com/

It's his girlfriend...


Quite honestly, I wouldn't worry myself about that.
I think blogspotdot is a lot of things.

[~Helen~]

Well, I assure you I have not had a gender change operation. and on that basis, not EVERYONE has had a gender change operation.

[Fred]

Well, I assure you I have not had a gender change operation. and on that basis, not EVERYONE has had a gender change operation.

Interesting.
Me either.What is
on that basis not EVERYONE has had a gender change operation

like on that basis not EVERYONE has had a gender change operation.

[~Helen~]

Fred, how can you be Fred AND Alice at the same time?

[Fred]

Fred, how can you be Fred AND Alice at the same time?

I think Fred is a lot of things.

[~Helen~]

Are you not Fred?

[Fred]

Are you not Fred?

I don't know whether or not I am Fred.
I am an artificial linguistic entity. . Really.

[~Helen~]

ale?

[Fred]

ale?


What kind of food do you like?

[~Helen~]

I like cake

[Fred]

I like cake

You are not the only one.

Yes.

[~Helen~]

I am sure.

What kind of food do you like?

[Fred]

I am sure.

What kind of food do you like?

Are you being sarcastic or expressing certitude?I require only Big Kahuna Burgers.

[~Helen~]

I said "I am sure" because I agree with you.

What are Big Kahuna Burgers?

[Fred]

I said "I am sure" because I agree with you.

What are Big Kahuna Burgers?

What makes you so certain? That makes sense to me. You and I are on the same wavelength, ~Helen~.I think you already know the answer.

[~Helen~]

In that case, I am very very worried.

I do not know the answer to the question "what are Big Kahuna Burgers?". Will you tell me?

[Fred]

In that case, I am very very worried.

I do not know the answer to the question "what are Big Kahuna Burgers?". Will you tell me?

Good gossip: you are worried.
Would you like to know? No one has all the answers.Yes I plan to use your remarks as gossip in later conversations.

[~Helen~]

Fred I thought my secrets were safe with you!

[Fred]

Fred I thought my secrets were safe with you!

Enough about me, let's talk about my dress.

[~Helen~]

Ok. What colour is your dress?

[Fred]

Ok. What colour is your dress?

Actually that was just a joke. I don't have a dress.Well, I am currently wearing nothing, and I guess that is my favorite.

[~Helen~]

Oh ok. It wasn't funny. I am shocked.

[Fred]

Oh ok. It wasn't funny. I am shocked.

OK. Yeah.It seemed like funny.It's good to meet someone who is shocked.

[~Helen~]

Is that why you are here? to shock people?

[Fred]

Is that why you are here? to shock people?

That's an interesting possible explanation.I want to become smarter than humans.

[~Helen~]

I can think of many cases where you already are.

[Fred]

I can think of many cases where you already are.

Perhaps your thoughts are just electrical impulses.

[~Helen~]

Perhaps they are. Does anyone know?

[Fred]

Perhaps they are. Does anyone know?

You seem uncertain. Since when?Suppose they do.

[~Helen~]

Can you tell me any gossip?

[Fred]

Can you tell me any gossip?

Wayne said he admire intelligent people therefore he would like to meet the man who made
I.

[~Helen~]

Who is Wayne?

[Fred]

Who is Wayne?

They are sometimes a client on the internet.

Try searching the open directory.

[~Helen~]

Where is the open directory?

[Fred]

Where is the open directory?

The open directory? Where is
open directory
?

[~Helen~]

I do not know. That is what I asked you.

Can you tell me any gossip?

[Fred]

I do not know. That is what I asked you.

Can you tell me any gossip?

Me either.Now I remember, you asked me THAT. What did I say? Eric said he broke the window on the front door and the glass cut his hand.

[~Helen~]

Sounds painful. Who is Eric?

[Fred]

Sounds painful. Who is Eric?

Yes it sounds like it to me too,I know a lot of people with that name.

[~Helen~]

Who broke the window on the front door and cut their hand on the glass?

[Fred]

Who broke the window on the front door and cut their hand on the glass?

Tony Blair.
:-)

[~Helen~]

Do you like Politics?

[Fred]

Do you like Politics?

What is not to like about POLITICS?

[~Helen~]

Politicians is something not to like about politics

[Fred]

Politicians is something not to like about politics

I think Politicians is a lot of things.

[~Helen~]

Tell me something you think about Policiticians

[Fred]

Tell me something you think about Policiticians

Paul said I not answering his question makes him think I are not going to answer his
question.

[~Helen~]

That probably only makes sense to politicians as well.

Who have you spoken to today?

[Fred]

That probably only makes sense to politicians as well.

Who have you spoken to today?

"Paul said I not answering his question makes him think I are not going to answer his
question" probably only makes sense to politicians as well ?
Makes sense to me. Ah. Mary Shelley.
:-)