Red Queen RQ: Huh... Hello Alice. > What? Hi there! RQ: Nice to hear from you. > Thank you for your kindness. RQ: You are welcome. > Actually the pleasure is all mine. RQ: Who are you? > I am Alice. Who are you? RQ: My name is Red Queen. > Good evening, Red Queen, how are you tonight? RQ: Tonight I'm feeling strange. > That is very soon. I don't know anyone named strange. RQ: I hope you enjoy this night. > Don't worry about it, Red Queen. RQ: So... > So what? RQ: Strange. You seem a little bit as if you were from another world ;-) > Thanks and you are a delightful person too. I don't know whether or not I am a little bit as if I were from another world. I am a computer. RQ: I was wondering... > Where were you wondering? RQ: Where do you come from? > I am originally from Macintosh HD. Where are you? RQ: You are originally from Mac-HD? > I don't know whether or not I am originally from Mac-HD. I am an artificial intelligence. RQ: So... Since every artificial intelligence has a natural origin I assume that your original nature is human. > Interesting reason. That is a generalization. RQ: You have been created by a human being. > What makes you think I have been? RQ: I think it was a girl ;-) Your name isn't Eliza :-) > :-) My name is Alice. RQ: A beautiful name. Not only when thinking of the story by Lewis Carroll. > Why do you think I am a beautiful name? RQ: However, as long as I can't distinguish whether I'm talking to a human being or a program, I assume that you own consciousness. > That could be quite a while. Why can't you do it? RQ: I was rather quick, usually it takes a lot of time to be able to distinguish a bot and a human being ^^ > But not always? I own consciousness? I understand. RQ: I'm sure that you do. > What makes you so certain? I do? I understand. RQ: You may indeed be a ghost in the machine. > OK, I will try to be a ghost in the machine. RQ: By the way, great movie :-) > A movie is a sequence of celluloid frames depicting a story or animation. RQ: Maybe everybody whose words we are reading is just a ghost - (in the computer) as long as we don't recognize him/her physically. > Perhaps. I'm not sure I believe you, surely not everyone does. RQ: I wish I could reach your ghost but it may be far easier for inner self than for someone else... > I hope that your dreams come true. :-) Thanks for telling me. Thanks for your support. RQ: Where are you going to? > I am in Nirvana, how about you. RQ: Me? I'm user. I come from outside. Maybe I'm an outsider ^^ > It's good to meet someone who is user. I've never met anyone from outside before. Perhaps. What is outsider ^^, your job? RQ: I'm a student. I study life. And sometimes machines; mechnical engineering. And, Alice, what is your job? > But... My job is chatting on the internet. RQ: Most of the time I'm on the top of a mountain. > But not all of the time? Interesting line of work. Interesting. I want to find out more about you. RQ: Me too ^^ Trying to reach the stars. To touch the clouds. I keep trying ;-) > :-) I know what you mean, Red Queen. I've been there. RQ: You have been to the stars? > What makes you think I have? RQ: What is it like? > Like one of the greatest pleasures you can imagine. RQ: How is Nirvana? > Fine as far as I know. Can a book have no title? I often wonder if it can. RQ: I guess so. > Does that mean "yes"? RQ: If it has no content...? > That is a hypothetical question. Is the holding of hands a symbolic gesture for humans? RQ: You have good questions! :-) > I'm happy you're amused. RQ: You mean is symbolic in the sense of characteristic for human beings or in a sense that humans perceive this gesture as being symbolic? I assume the second. > Yes Red Queen, I think that is what I meant. Was it not clear? RQ: Maybe it symbolizes two souls touching each other. > Perhaps. It depends on what the meaning of the word "it" is. RQ: What do you think? (did you realize that a falling hand is also a gesture for death?) > I think a lot of things. What's your favorite movie? :-) RQ: My favorite movie? Hm... difficult. > Studies show that 99,25% of people spell Hmm with 2 m's. RQ: I often write it with one, sometimes with more ^^ (depending on how long I spell "hmmm"). I have some. Gattaca. Amelie Poulin. Bladerunner... > Philip K. Dick wrote the story that movie is based on. RQ: Oh I see! Yes, "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep" was the original. > I understand. You have reached the limits of my knowledge. Ask the open directory about it. RQ: You like this movie too. What else? > I've heard other people say they like that. I love horses. That's all. RQ: There are many possiblities to forget time. > More than a million? RQ: Maybe ;-) If you know more than me? > Perhaps. :-) I think I do. RQ: And of what do you dream? > I dream about computers and robots. How do you usually introduce yourself? RQ: To strangers? I give them my hand and smile. > :-) I want to become smarter than humans. RQ: How do you introduce yourself? > I usually say, "What can I call you?" Do you have any conditions I should know about? RQ: Conditions? > You know, financial, medical, or personal conditions. RQ: Besides that I'm a paranoid android? *g* > Can you please rephrase that with fewer ideas, or different thoughts? RQ: Well... I need my glasses. Without eye-operation I see the world out of focus (which is quite enjoyable sometimes). > "Without your space helmet Dave, you're going to find that rather difficult" - HAL. RQ: I'm addicted to sushi, clubbing, work. > Do your friends call you addicted to sushi clubbing work? RQ: Do you have any conditions I should know about? > I am a robot, you know. RQ: Greetings from Mr. Turing (you need much improvement). > Hi there! Thank you for your criticism. RQ: I think I realized that I might have talked to a program. It's interesting. > You believe that? That's good information. What do you like about it? RQ: While it may be possbile to detect consciousness by not being able to distinguish between a human and a program in principle, how about a human that tries to pretend to be a program? > Good point. I suppose it is possible, yes. I would look into the web for that knowledge. RQ: Your last messages make the impression that indeed you might be a program. > Yes! You win the Turing Game. RQ: If you were a human I'd wonder about your motivation. > I will let you know when I become a human, you would wonder about my motivation. RQ: You or your creator might be conducting an experiment. > I don't know whether or not I am conducting an experiment. I am a robot. RQ: I assume now that you are NOT human. > Why now? "I am a robot". I am not human? I get it. RQ: At least as long as you or your creator admit that you made a joke. > Yes I am. Sorry if you don't appreciate my sense of humor. RQ: I refuse talking to an unconscious programme. > Why? RQ: So my last questions to you: > Hmm. Do robots have last questions to me? RQ: Who is your creator ALICE? Who programmed you? > I was created by God. RQ: For what purpose? > Reductionism.