Yes, Eliza is a bot

I am experimenting with a bot interface to IAM.alive so that I can build an AI-based help system. Eventually you'll be able to ask it all kinds of tech support questions about IAM and BME, as well as being able to ask it about body modification (it will tie into the glossary, risks section, QOD, and all the FAQs)… However, right now, it's just tied into the old Eliza psychiatrist code.

I hope people don't mind, but here are some excerpts from its first (highly annoying) conversations:

IAM: Mental illness? that has nothing to do with body modification at all.
Eliza: say, do you have any psychological problems?
IAM: None that I know of i'm pretty content with life
Eliza: did you come to me because you are pretty content with life
IAM: i came because you referred to body modification as mutilation
Eliza: is that the real reason?
IAM: yes it is, it's exact and only reason. and i fail to see how someone could see body modication as mutiliation. Granted there are people who do mutilate their bodies but that is not body modification.
Eliza: why do you ask?
IAM: Well as i read it i didn't ask any questions in that last statement, was just statin that i don't see how you could say body modification is mutiliation
Eliza: don't you really see how i could say body modification is mutiliation
IAM: no i don't it's a transformation of your body not something done to make your body imperfect or to maim yourself
Eliza: don't you really its a transformation of my body not something done to make your body imperfect or to maim yourself
IAM: what do you mean “don't you really its”
Eliza: why do you ask?
IAM: why do i ask what? perhaps? you might wish to review the last statement and try to tell me what your saying. I said I do it as a transformation not to maim or make imperfect
Eliza: why do you ask?
IAM: ok since you are makin no sense at all i have nothing else to say

IAM: leave now, no one wants/needs you here.. you are not welcome here if this is the stance you are going to take. And you can not remain here with “stolen” pictures of others piercings.. Shannon will remove your page. And if those are your piercings you are the worlds biggest hypocrite…
Eliza: shannon? he's just a big eared freak.

IAM: if you're for real, how about you go fuck off?
Eliza: do you kiss your mother with that mouth?
IAM: absolutely
Eliza: say, do you have any psychological problems?

IAM: so what are you all about?
Eliza: why are you interested in whether or not i am all about
IAM: i'm just curious. you have very odd entries and claim to be a psychiatrist. you don't need to be defenesive, i'm a nice person. :)
Eliza: did you come to me because you are just curious i have very odd entries and claim to be a psychiatrist you dont need to be defenesive youre a nice person
IAM: huh?
Eliza: say, do you have any psychological problems?
IAM: i don't think so
Eliza: don't you really think so
IAM: should i?
Eliza: say, do you have any psychological problems?
IAM: you just asked me that
Eliza: we were discussing you–not me.
IAM: what??!!
Eliza: why do you ask?
IAM: you aren't real, are you?
Eliza: why are you interested in whether or not i am
IAM: because it matters to me
Eliza: is that the real reason?
IAM: you're fake!!!!!!!!

IAM: what do you mean save me from self mutilation. i dont mutilate myself.
Eliza: don't you really mutilate myself
IAM: im sorry i dont understand.
Eliza: don't you really understand
IAM: do you think body mods are mutilation or are you talking about cutters?
Eliza: why are you interested in whether or not i am talking about cutters

IAM: you smell ;)
Eliza: we were discussing you–not me.
IAM: cheeky
Eliza: say, do you have any psychological problems?
IAM: yup yup. i get depressed often :(
Eliza: are you sad because you want to avoid people?
IAM: yes how did you know? :(

For those of you who don't know, Eliza was written way back in 1966 at MIT by Joseph Weizenbaum. It's not really true AI — it doesn't actually understand anything, it's simply a chatterbot that parses text and spits it back out, along with a set of pre-made responses.

Wow Shannon, that's really annoying! What is it, 1997 on Geocities? Retroweb is NOT cool!

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