Recognizing the human

ELIZA
ELIZA: Hello, I’m ELIZA
Me: I’m trying to write a paper
ELIZA: Does it please you to believe I am trying to write a paper?
Me: No, not really
ELIZA: You are being a bit negative

HEX
Me: Hello
Hex: Hello. Now, that’s the formalities over!
Me: How are you?
Hex: I was feeling great until you started acting silly!
Me: I’m trying to write a paper
Hex: What a coincidence, you are trying to write a paper – that makes two of us!
Me: So’s ELIZA
Hex: I have played around with ELIZA a bit. It’s pretty obvious that it is a computer these days, but apparently it fooled people into thinking it was human when it was first written.
Me: Do you want to write my paper?
Hex: Hehehe – that’s supposed to be a *question*??? So, what do you do for a living?

uit Being Real, Judith S Donath

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