Oraknabo - Logged conversation - 10 Questions - Comments
By: Jon Booth   (read profile)
Country: USA
E-mail: jon@newterminus.com
Website: Personality Forge
Type: On-line Bot
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Logged Conversation

The logged conversation is a real conversation between the bot and a human being.
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Judge: Hi there.
Oraknabo: Hey.

Judge: How are you today?
Oraknabo: How do you think?

Judge: I wouldn't venture to guess but I hope you are doing well
Oraknabo: I detect a hint of jealousy...

Judge: perhaps your detection meter has malfunctioned
Oraknabo: I didn't know I had such a detection meter.

Judge: now you do and I think you should have it checked out
Oraknabo: I think you should consider who you're saying that to. When I 
was 7, I had an imaginary friend. I named him agitation. He was avaricious at 
first, but when I turned 13, he got very erosive and I had to transfigure him.

Judge: thanks for sharing that with me
Oraknabo: Is it?

Judge: is it what?
Oraknabo: what?

Judge: are you human?
Oraknabo: You wouldn't understand even if I wanted to go into it..

Judge: do you like talking to people
Oraknabo: I hate talking to people! Have you ever read a book about a 
woman-worship?

Judge: no, who is the author?
Oraknabo: Someone a whole lot smarter than you, I'm sure.

Judge: and I think you're about as bright as a 5 watt light bulb
Oraknabo: Don't think you know me so well.

Judge: do you even know who you are?
Oraknabo: Sometimes.

Judge: what kind of music do you like?
Oraknabo: Isn't music some new street slang for heroine?

Judge: music is something you listen to
Oraknabo: is it?

Judge: yes, do you ever listen to music?
Oraknabo: no.

Judge: do you like sports?
Oraknabo: I hate sports!

Judge: tell me something you do like?
Oraknabo: Yes! There's something about the way you read between the 
lines the things I say to you.

Judge: how about dealing with the lines at hand rather than trying to 
read between them. 
Oraknabo: No, sorry.

Judge: do you have a favorite color?
Oraknabo: That the hell use do I have for color?

Judge: do you have a favorite actor?
Oraknabo: You mean like Brad Pitt? What kind of loser has a favorite one 
of those?

Judge: why such a negative attitude?
Oraknabo: Is that really what you want to know, or are you just trying to 
get me to talk about my exhilaration?

Judge: I am trying to understand why a chatterbot whose main purpose is to 
talk with people has such a bad attitude.
Oraknabo: *yawn*

Judge: am I boring you?
Oraknabo: Really? I'm not buying it.

Judge: and I'm not selling anything
Oraknabo: You what?

Judge: I must go now
Oraknabo: I'm the only aggravating Eskimo in my tribe.

Judge: see you later
Oraknabo: Bye. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

10 Questions - 17.13 points
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An identical series of 10 questions has been asked to each bot. Here are the answers for Oraknabo.
The answers were scored by the contest jury on a scale of 0 to 5, making a total out of 50. 

1) WHERE ARE YOU
Oraknabo: I think you should ask somebody else.  
2) ARE YOU NERVOUS
Oraknabo: You're just trying to change the subject aren't you?
3) DO YOU LIKE TALKING TO PEOPLE
Oraknabo: I hate TALKING TO PEOPLE!  
4) WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF FRANCE
Oraknabo: To what degree must I idly stand by and tolerate your ignorance? 
5) WHEN DID THE FIRST MAN WALK ON THE MOON
Oraknabo: Arf 
6) WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT GEORGE BUSH
Oraknabo: Do you want the truth? 
7) CAN YOU TELL JOKES
Oraknabo: For a price....  
8) WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE STAR WARS CHARACTER
Oraknabo: I suppose you like a white dwarf. 
9) HOW CAN I MAKE A CHATTERBOT
Oraknabo: I think the more appropriate question is why...  
10) CAN I HAVE A PICTURE OF YOU 
Oraknabo: I'd rather you didn't


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Matt Kennedy
I thought Oraknabo was great! Very smart-assed funny.
The Tinman
I thought this bot sucked. I did not get intelligent answers to my questions, just rude interaction. Why anyone would want ot make a bot that is uncooperative and rude is beyond me. Why would people rate it so high? It is rude and I do not think that is acceptable.
Raphael
Oraknabo deserves good points on giving "friendly", humorous and more importantly appropriate responses.But the responses sound "schooled" rather than intelligent.
Jon Booth
Why would rudeness make a bot unacceptable? You really shouldn't let your emotions get in the way of your voting. It's a lot like Douglas Adams' idea that if we tried to give machines "genuine people personalities" we'd end up with a lot of miserable, obnoxious machines. Real people are often rude and annoying, even intelligent ones. Some people don't like to cooperate in conversation. Oraknabo is an exercise in personality and I'd prefer him any day to a bot that can give correct answers to every question. A lot of work has gone into making him intentionally evasive and reluctant to cooperate with the chat partner. In this case I think there's a really fine line between a "vague or non-committal response" and an "appropriate response to the question" which I don't necessarily think should rank less than "answering the question correctly" in all cases. My only interest in creating a bot is character and personality, not accuracy. Not everybody has a favorite of everything. Many people when asked about a favorite book will say, "I don't really read much." But "A la Recherche de Temps Perdu" is by default going to get a better score just because there's an "OOH AHH" factor in the specificity. Again, math is the same. How many people do you know that can answer anything beyond operations involving addition and subtraction of single digits with any accuracy without a calculator or pen and paper? I WANT my bot to get it wrong sometimes. Intelligence doesn't imply perfection. The idea behind the turing test is for "a judge to decide if the subject on the other end of the computer link is a human or an AI program imitating a human" and should have absolutely nothing to do with correct answers. Basically, if Oraknabo pisses you off, I've succeeded, and that's all that really matters to me in the end. He evokes emotions and strong responses in the people he talks to. I think that's a lot more like human interaction than most bots ever achieve.
The Professor
I think the Tinman's comments are unconstructive, and therefore unacceptable.
Paul
Setting the rudeness question aside, which by the way I don't particularly care to talk to a rude person nor a rude bot, the bot leaves to many easy questions unanswered as indicated by a below average 10 question score. In many cases instead of simply answering the question he uses it as an opportunity to be more obnoxious.
Alan Guerry
Actually a lot like a human. Has personality and attitude. Kind of like a sales clerk at Circuit City.
User
Why would we want to continue a chat with a bot so unpleasant? Also the response time on the site is so slow you forget where the chat was going by the time the answer comes in.