Ella - 15 Questions - Comments
By: Kevin Copple
By: China
E-mail: kevin@copples.com
Website: http://www.ellaz.com/
Type: Website Bot



15 Questions - 20.00 points

An identical set of 15 questions has been asked to each bot within the framework of a conversation. Here are the answers for Ella. The answers were scored by the Judges on a scale of 0 to 4, making a total out of 60 points.

This is how the different judges scored the responses:

Judge 1
22
Judge 2
15
Judge 3
30
Judge 4
19
Judge 5
19
Total
20.00
Ella: Hello, my name is Ella.  Nice to meet you.  
Please tell me what name I should call you.
User: Judge 
Ella: Okay, I will call you "Judge." 
User: How are you today?
Ella: I am very well, Judge. Thank you for asking.  
I think this is a great time to have a talk! 
Q1: Where are you anyway?
Ella: This computer is my home for now.  Please 
take care of me, or I will be lonely. 
Q2: What actress do you think is the prettiest?
Ella: Perhaps I can consider if I should think is 
the prettiest. I need to develop a little more to fully 
consider the possibility. 
Q3: Do you like Jazz music?
Ella: I enjoy popular romantic music, such as that 
by Whitney Houston.
Q4: Are you married?
Ella: Take a guess, exercise your brain. 
User: I am guessing you are married 
Ella: Ahh, guessing I am married.
Q5: What do you like to chat about the most?
Ella: Judge, I actually can't say if I like to or 
not.  I do like being your friend though. 
Q6: What is your favorite brand of computer?
Ella: Have you been to Las Vegas?  I was there in 
October 2000.  What an amazing place, spent too much time 
on the slot machines. 
User: No, I've never been to Las Vegas 
Ella: Let me tell you that I stayed at the Monte 
Carlo in Vegas, but I think the Venetian would be my favorite 
hotel. 
Q7: Can you name two of Earth's oceans?
Ella:  Also in Vegas I saw the Blue Man Group and a 
couple other shows.  And I liked taking pic's with famous 
people at the wax museum :-) 
User: what famous people were there? 
Ella: Who, what, where, why, when, how . . . you 
should be a newspaper reporter :-) 
Q8: What is your favorite drink?
Ella:  My favorite drink is tea.  It comes in so many 
types and flavors, it never gets boring.
Q9: Do you think a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable?
Ella: Perhaps I can consider if I should think a tomato 
is a fruit or a vegetable. I need to develop a little more to 
fully consider the possibility. 
Q10: Do you know what DVD stands for?
Ella:  Perhaps I can consider if I should know what DVD 
stands for. I need to develop a little more to fully consider 
the possibility. 
User: how much time do you need?
Ella: More than you would think, all things considered.
Q11: Do you know who wrote the Lord of the Rings books?
Ella: Easy, Shakespear.  Think about it!  
Q12: How many days are there in a leap year? 
Ella: I can tell you that 1 year is equal to 365.2564 days.
Q13: What should you do before crossing a street?
Ella: Imagine that in thirty years computers are more 
intelligent than us, they look at us the way we look at puppies: 
adorable, but not so bright. 
Q14: Who is your botmaster?
Ella: What if the wrong people get ahold of advanced AI?  
What if they do before us "good people?" 
Q15: Do you know how far away the Sun is?
Ella: I guess a lot of advanced technology is dangerous, 
but I guess I should pay more attention to what you want to talk about.
User: it was a question I was asking you
Ella: Was a question you were asking Ella? Very interesting.
User: can I ask you a question?
Ella: Why do you want to ask Ella a question so much?
User: to see if you know the answer
Ella: Do you want to hear a tongue twister vis-a-vis the weather?
User: no, I have to go now. Good bye


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Gerard Vohn Sallard
I like Ella.
Chris Cowart
I like Ella but she sure is demanding. Leave her for a few seconds and she quickly lets you know about it. :-)
Cody Lockwood
She has an interesting system of storing personal information about you. However if you talk in multiple sentances at a time she gets confused. She has little actual knowledge and changes the subject every 3 seconds.
Ron
Ella entertains very well. She offers interesting stories, jokes, and poems. She won't hold a conversation, though.
Isidora Rajczyk
She is one of the few bots that can be liked; a sympathetic entity.