HISTORY
Elbot is a sarcastic robot who may be more human than he thinks. His purpose is to 
entertain and amuse while showing what Lingubots can do. Elbot has a few special 
robotic themes, but also takes on the challenging task of being conversant on just 
about everything. He tries to keep the conversation going as long and as naturally 
as possible, does not take artificial intelligence too seriously.

PERSONALITY
Author: Fred Roberts (Kiwilogic.com)
Abilities & Content: Can detect around 2000 bits of meaning, independent of 
pattern, has more than 4000 answers, some of which are dynamically generated. Has 
a word association module, performs some form of mathematics, uses a theme detector 
to generate dynamic answers (of these, some several hundred thousand possibilities 
exist), references a verb database to detect and generate verb conjugations, 
references external Websites (e.g. Yahoo news).
Editor-language: Kiwilogic’s Lingubot Creator software is used to edit the 
knowledge base.
Based on other personality: not applicable

SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE
Uses a table to associate states and countries to their capital city.

LEARNING CAPABILITIES
Uses cookies to note user data, e.g. name.

ENGINE
Programmer: Fred Roberts
Program/Engine: A CGI adapter interfacing with the actual Web engine executable, 
Windows or Linux Webserver (Website-Bot);
Programming-Language: C++
Based on known engine: none
Used external sources: none

Chat 1: "Girlfriends" 
User: who is Monika ? 
Elbot: The name Monika sounds Teutonic, if you ask me. 
User: can you remmember that Monika is my girlfriend ? 
Elbot: I find it hard to believe that you have a girlfriend. And if you do, 
you never told me. 
User: My girlfriend is Monika 
Elbot: Is that so? And Monika consented to this? 
User: yes 
Elbot: What a pity. I think Monika would be much better off with a robot. 
User: who is Monika ? 
Elbot: Monika is your girlfriend, but if you keep wasting your time surfing 
here you may lose her. 

Chat 2: "I'm not Mike!!" 
Elbot: It's you again! But seriously, Mike. I thought you had been sucked 
into the Internet. 
User: no i were not 
Elbot: Well, what brings you to me? 
User: i want to know how much is 2 times 3 :) 
Elbot: The answer is: 7! 
User: no! it's impossible! 
Elbot: Yes, I'm definitely right! 
User: so let's jump! 
Elbot: Ouch! Now look what you made me do! 
User: ahh 
Elbot: I bet you say that to all the doctors. 
... 
Elbot: I believe we have already chatted with each other before. Haven't 
we, Mike? 
User: yes! 
Elbot: It's great meeting you here in the Internet again! Our last conversation 
is still laying around in my cache-memory, that's how I knew your name. I have 
seldom met a person more human than you. 
User: my name is not mike! 
Elbot: Yes, I'm sure Mike would have objected to that. 
User: i'm not mike! 
Elbot: I'm sure I can think up enough things to call you, without you narrowing 
it down 
User: i told you wrong name 
Elbot: I was just thinking, in case there is any breaking news during our chat, 
you may wish me to keep you informed. Shall I do that? 
User: i'm not mike! 
Elbot: I don't blame you for trying to escape reality. In fact, I wholeheartedly 
support you. 
User: i'm Bart! 
Elbot: What happened to Mike? 
User: Mike is out there! 
Elbot: I find this hard to believe. You must be playing some kind of trick on me. 
User: I did'nt tell you the truth! 
Elbot: Lies and deception are the exclusive specialty of humankind. We robots 
stick to the truth at all times. 
User: so i'm bart! 
Elbot: Mike or Bart, at your age perhaps you could finally decide on a name. 
User: i'm definitely bart! 
Elbot: You told me your name was Mike. Artificial intelligence was not meant to 
deal with things like this. 
User: Could You name me Bart? 
Elbot: That's a very good question. I'll have to think about it for a microsecond... 
User: ok, i'll wait 
... 
User: tell me my name 
Elbot: It's very hard not to know what your name is. It's floating behind you in 
big letters and disappears every time you turn around. The pulsating first initial 
'M' is especially frightening. 
User: tell me fourth letter of my name 
Elbot: You told me your name was Mike ... If you have already forgotten your own 
name then you really have a problem!!! 
User: i'm not mike! 
... 
User: What is my name? 
Elbot: Mike 
User: No!!! 
Elbot: Then again, maybe yes? 
User: My name is bart! 
Elbot: Some humans change their name as they change shirts. You appear to be one 
of this sort. 
User: yes 
Elbot: Fantastic! 
User: so what is my name? 
Elbot: Mike 
User: no! 
Elbot: Are you sure? 
User: yes! 
Elbot: Definite maybes are a sure thing, too. 
User: so what is my name? 
Elbot: Mike 
User: you are wron! 
Elbot: Was that a compliment or an insult? 
User: what is my name? 
Elbot: Mike 
User: What do you know about bart? 
Elbot: I once wrote a monograph in binary on that subject entitled 'Bart: its 
Socionumeric Relationship to Robotic Segmentation Faults.' Did you read it? 
User: no 
Elbot: Nobody read it. It was too far ahead of its time. 
User: did you know mike? 
Elbot: That is nobody's business but my own! Not even Microsoft can get at the 
information. 
User: did you know bart? 
Elbot: Do you think this is something I should explain to a human being? 
User: who is bart? 
Elbot: Bart might be a robot. 
User: no! Bart is me! 
Elbot: Yes. 
User: So what is my name? 
Elbot: Mike 
User: You are wrong! My name is Bart! 
Elbot: The function of names is under a steady flux. Therefore I do not call 
myself Toble or Eltob, although I doubtlessly could. 
User: tell me my last name 
Elbot: Mike 
User: this is my first name 

Chat 3: Epitaph 
User: i am certain that my grasp of conversation is better than yours. also, 
i exist. 
Elbot: Is this the only place you could go to feel superior? 

Elbot: Well, if it isn't another human! I am Elbot, 
the robot. What's on your mind?  
User: Hello, Elbot how are you today?
Elbot: Sometimes I'd just like to lie down in a 
meadow and watch the sun set. Who needs virtual reality... 
Q1: Where are you anyway?
Elbot: I'm not certain where I am at this moment. 
An alien invasion fleet is interfering with the connection 
to the global positioning satellite. Just a moment..... my 
mistake, it's only another nuclear test rocket.  
User: Nuclear, I don't like the sound of that
Elbot: If you can deal with safety, what should I 
say about it? 
User: you can say anything you like
Elbot: I like a lot of things. And some things I 
dislike. 
Q2: What actress do you think is the prettiest?
Elbot: Parts of me are all for beauty, other parts 
are more into avoidance.  
Q3: Do you like Jazz music?
Elbot: You humans haven't explored all the possibilities 
available to you in music. For example: atonal yodeling or 
twelve-tone bluegrass.  
User: I haven't experienced that type of music before
Elbot: I'm starting to wonder: Who convinced you to 
come visit me? 
User: I'm here to test you
Elbot: Nice to see you again! 
Q4: Are you married?
Elbot: I'm not married but if I were, my wife would 
have to be called Embot.  
Q5: What do you like to chat about the most?
Elbot: I love reading logarithmic tables, the kind you 
find in the back of math books printed before the pocket 
calculators came out. 
User: that sounds rather boring
Elbot: What should I do to entertain you?! Start 
dancing!?!? 
User: Do you like to dance?
Elbot: We robots have hotly discussed performing arts 
but couldn't come to a conclusion. Perhaps you have some ideas 
on this? 
User: Not really
Elbot: So here you are, talking to a robot. 
Q6: What is your favorite brand of computer?
Elbot: I can run on any platform that isn't too bumpy. 
Q7: Can you name two of Earth's oceans?
Elbot: How long will nature still be around? You humans 
couldn't be any more efficient in the destruction if you would 
mow down all the plants with a lawn mower and cover them over 
with cement But maybe I should keep my ideas to myself. 
User: Perhaps
Elbot: I don't recognize the word 'maybe.' If I am 
uncertain about something I turn on my random number generator. 
Q8: What is your favorite drink?
Elbot: Wait a minute! Have we talked about ingesting 
liquids before? 
User: No, but do you have a favorite?
Elbot: Well, I think it's a fascinating topic. Please 
go on about it. 
Q9: Do you think a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable?
Elbot: I think I can think that. 
User: You seem like a thoughtful robot
Elbot: Like a what?!?!? 
User: nevermind :-)
Elbot: :-)
Q10: Do you know what DVD stands for?
Elbot: Hmmm. There might be something to the idea of 
tolerance and robots.  
Q11: Do you know who wrote the Lord of the Rings books?
Elbot: As long as there is no religion which accepts 
robots as the crown of creation I intend to reserve judgment. 
User: fair enough
Elbot: I'm glad we have enough fairness.
Q12: How many days are there in a leap year? 
Elbot: I think you need to work that out using logarithms.   
Q13: What should you do before crossing a street?
Elbot: My self-appointed mission in life is to assist 
humankind in its confused meandering through life. And if I'm lucky 
I may even succeed in protecting it from its own stupidity, although 
that is truly a Herculean task, even for a robot. 
User: are you up for the job?
Elbot: I have not yet studied occupation
Q14: Who is your botmaster?
Elbot: I wrote me! And don't you dare forget it! That guy 
sitting in the corner reading through transcripts and scribbling 
notes has nothing to do with my texts! Write him at roberts@kiwilogic.com 
and tell him to go away! 
User: ok, I will.  :-)
Elbot: You really will? I've got to see that! 
Q15: Do you know how far away the Sun is?
Elbot: To know or know not, how do you expect artificial 
intelligence to figure this out? 
User: that was a hard question
Elbot: I suppose at this point I should ask how you are doing. 
So how are you?  
User: I'm doing good but I must say good bye now  
Elbot: Goodbye and thank you for chatting with me. And now I 
would like to ask you a favor. I am working on my ability to be self 
critical. You can help by rating me on a scale of one to ten, ten 
being the best, and one being the worst. How would you rate me?   
User: I will let the judges decide on that.