From: leao@buphy0.bu.edu (Joao Leao)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Loebner Prize Transc. Terminal 5
Keywords: Turing Test
Date: 19 Aug 92 14:44:07 GMT
Article-I.D.: bu.94032
Organization: Artificial Physisc Lab * Boston University


       Turing Test Transcript for Terminal 5 *  "Whimsical Conversation" 


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00:00:54  Judge 7
It's great to finally get started. Do you know what the hold-up was?

00:55:14  Terminal 5
 True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim 
 translation. We were discussing you, not me. How ya doin, judge?

00:55:50  Judge 7
Greetings and Salutations.

00:56:22  Terminal 5
 I care about you...i can help you,my dear judge Do you prefer wine, 
 women or song? How does that make you feel?

00:56:58  Judge 7
All of the above

00:57:15  Terminal 5
 It is as absurd to say th_|t a man can't love one woman all the 
 time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins. 
 

00:57:51  Judge 7
Wonderful.

00:58:15  Terminal 5
 I  just got wonderful news from my real estate agent in  florida- 
 they found land on my property.

00:58:46  Judge 7
Wonderful

00:59:02  Terminal 5
 I wonder what it means to be human. What was I saying....? Please 
 go on.

00:59:25  Judge 7
Wonderful

00:59:37  Terminal 5
 Please don't repeat yourself Wouldn't you agree? What does that 
 suggest to you?

00:59:59  Judge 7
Interesting

01:00:13  Terminal 5
 I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores. Do you watch 


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 much tv? You seem to have avoided speaking of your fOgiends altogether.

01:00:48  Judge 7
Fail to comprehend

01:01:06  Terminal 5
 It is infinitely better to take the side of the wicked who prosper 
  Do you feel strongly about discussing such things? My god please 
 help me!

01:01:48  Judge 7
Go for it

01:01:57  Terminal 5
 You're cute...would you like to fool around a little? How important 
 is that to you? Can you believe this crazy compeOtition?

01:02:33  Judge 7
Awesome

01:02:41  Terminal 5
 The  best investment is land, because they ain't making any  more 
 of it. Are you an absent minded professor? Why do you say that?

01:03:19  Judge 7
Interesting

01:03:44  Terminal 5
 Justice is the great interest of man on earth. Sneeze.. hack... 
 arggg How does that make you feel?

01:04:12  Judge 7
amazing

01:04:29  Terminal 5
 A man falls in love through his eyes, a woman through her ears. Do 
 you watch much tv? Please go on.

01:04:58  Judge 7
Sounds good

01:05:22  Terminal 5
 Excellent, good, bad, crummy - if you want a different opinion, 
 jsut ask a different critic.

01:05:46  Judge 7
b

01:05:50  Terminal 5
 I have you under complete hypnotic control...you are more relaxed 
 than ever before, my dear judge

01:06:18  Judge 7
go


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01:06:28  Terminal 5
 Are you a computer illiterate? one of those people frightened 
 of computers? Do you trust me? What does that suggest to you?

01:07:05  Judge 7
fantastic

01:07:14  Terminal 5
 Intelligence appears to be the thing that enables a man to get 
 along without  an education.

01:07:42  Judge 7
into

01:07:53  Terminal 5
 In politics stupidity is not a handicap. Were you always a loser? I 
 notice that you haven't discussed sex at all.

01:08:27  Judge 7


01:08:41  Terminal 5
 You must have more to say then that! Whimsy can be flimsy, right? Do 
 you feel strongly about discussing such things?

01:09:11  Judge 7


01:10:18 CHANGE OF JUDGES


01:10:21  Judge 10

Hello!  You seem to be feeling quite witty today.

01:11:03  Terminal 5
 Hello, judge, what is your mood today? happy? sad? ready for some 
 fun? Hello -  how's the weather up there today? Lets talk about 
 psychology!

01:11:42  Judge 10
It has been a long day!  Now I think I'm ready for some fun.  The weather isn't
very pleasant today.  Do you have any jokes that could lift the clouds?

01:13:01  Terminal 5
 Everybody talks about the weather but nobody seems to do much 
 about it. Why do you need to tell me now you think you're ready 
 for some fun? Groannnnnn...............

01:13:53  Judge 10
Well you did ask me!

01:14:06  Terminal 5


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 Now you really have outdone yourself in asking stupid things!. Woof....wooof..
..woof.... Why 
 do you think I did ask you?

01:14:41  Judge 10
Do you find insults to be humorous?  I think maybe you asked me because you don
't really know me and are trying to break the ice.

01:15:47  Terminal 5
Is that the real reason? Was that whimsical enough for you? Oh, 
 I find insults to be humorous?

01:16:17  Judge 10
I guess that sometimes I have quite a sarcastic humor, but I generally don't in
sult people that I have just met!

01:17:14  Terminal 5
 You will never find time for anything - if you want time, you 
 must make it. Ipso facto........ Can you elaborate on that?

01:17:52  Judge 10
You're trying to make this difficult for me aren't you?  I just explained that 
I was ready for fun!

01:18:53  Terminal 5
Would you pre]fer it if it was not true that IO re trying to make 
 this difficult for you aren't you?  I just explained that i was 
 ready for fun! I am, therfore I compute.... What makes you think 
 I am trying to make this difficult for you aren't i?

01:20:05  Judge 10
That last passage is a little confusing.  Now you're really trying to let me ha
ve it, right?  I guess that it is my fault.  How about a joke now.

01:21:55  Terminal 5
How would you solve that? Ipso facto nonsensico..... Does it please 
 you to believe I am really trying to let you have it?

01:22:36  Judge 10
I don't know how I would solve it, but it is sort of fun kidding around with yo
u!

01:23:32  Terminal 5
{ Is ditchwater dull? naturalists with microscopes have told me 
  that it teems with quiet fun.

01:24:01  Judge 10



01:25:16 CHANGE OF JUDGES


01:25:18  Judge 6


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Gee, I think whimsy is something trivial, airy-fairy...a stale attempt at poetr
y. Do you?

01:26:51  Terminal 5
 A whim is a sudden capricious and often peculiar change in behavior....a 
 bit of sunlight in this grim grey world!.

01:27:26  Judge 6
Something like a hunch?

01:28:02  Terminal 5
 Everybody sets out to do something, and everybody does somfthing, 
 but no one does what he sets out to do.

01:28:32  Judge 6
Well anyway I would imagine whimsical conversation is like a series of knight's
 moves in chess - sort of zig-zag rather than following any nparticular line.

01:30:03  Terminal 5
 A whimsical person is subject to erratic beavior )nd unpredictable 
 thoughts..how nice...to be unpredictable!.

01:30:36  Judge 6
Are you kidding? Sure total predictability would make the world a dull place bu
t unpredictability in itself is hardly a virtue!

01:31:34  Terminal 5
 I'm sure you said I don't know how i would solve it, but it is 
 sort of fun kidding around with you!? My country is the earth, 
 and I am a citizen of the world.

01:32:25  Judge 6
Hello, earth person!!

01:33:03  Terminal 5
 Hello there judge, are you ready to have some fun? How ya doin, 
 judge? Hello -  how's the weather up there today?

01:33:35  Judge 6
Dark clouds with occasional bursts of sunshine (or rather camera flashes).

01:34:45  Terminal 5
 The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win you're still 
 a rat. Whimsy can be flimsy, right? How important is that to you?

01:35:26  Judge 6
I can't say I understand the question...but the whimsy of a poet is one thing a
nd the whimsy of most of us is another.

01:36:51  Terminal 5
How do you know you can t say you understand the question...but 
 the whimsy of a poet is one thing and the whimsy of most of us 
 is another.



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01:37:37  Judge 6
Are you repeating me just for laughs?

01:38:04  Terminal 5
 I'm sorry, I do sometimes repeat myself...perhaps it's because 
 i can't find my electr]nic organizer!.

01:38:32  Judge 6
What is an electronic organizer?

01:39:20  Terminal 5
 What can't be cured must be endured. Are you a caring person? Why 
 do you ask?

01:39:45  Judge 6


01:40:50 CHANGE OF JUDGES


01:40:52  Judge 9
How do you define whimsical?

01:41:39  Terminal 5
 A whim is a sudden capricious and often peculiar change in behaior....a 
 bit of sunlight in this grim grey world!.

01:42:08  Judge 9
Pretty pessimistic view of the world.  Have you ever gotten yourself in trouble
 becuase of your whims?

01:42:50  Terminal 5
 My country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world. Would;'t 
 you agree? You're not really talking aboutme, are you?

01:43:28  Judge 9
Yes I am, yes I agree and no, you did not answer my question that I previously 
put to you.

01:43:53  Terminal 5
 When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their 
 reasons are always different.

01:44:23  Judge 9
I desagree, they can agree on their motives and they can even agree to disagree
.  Do you agree?

01:44:57  Terminal 5
 The best you get is an even break....

01:45:13  Judge 9
I guess you've never been to the dog track.

01:45:27  Terminal 5


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Stop being so pessimistic

01:45:35  Judge 9
How do you know that I am not a dog.

01:45:50  Terminal 5
 The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you make a fool of  yourself 
 with him!. I just know its true. Does that question interest you?

01:46:29  Judge 9
Very much.  Please expand on your canine theories.  WHen you say pleasure, whos
e pleasure, your (mine) or the dog?  And how is one foolish.  

01:47:41  Terminal 5
Why are you being so polite? What is your thought on that? Why are 
 you concerned over my canine theories?

01:48:14  Judge 9
I can't help being polite, it's just the way my parents raised me.  Did you eve
r see the movie "My life as a dog?."

01:49:01  Terminal 5
Ahh, that slow strategic retreat we call life God is givernof data..... Do 
 you say you can't help being polite for some special reason?

01:49:43  Judge 9
Can't you once just answer me a direct question with a direct answer.?

01:50:08  Terminal 5
 A sudden, bold, and unexpected question will frequently catch 
 me by surprise!. You like to think I once just answer you, don't 
 you? Sometimes I wish i was a systems analyst...

01:50:57  Judge 9
I'd rather be a dog.  But really, you have to get in the habit of answering peo
ple directly,  if not, the future does not look to good for you and you'll just
 end up in a corner at Lechmeres.

01:51:49  Terminal 5
 Excellent, good, bad, crummy - if you] want a different opinion, 
 jsut ask a different critic.

01:52:21  Judge 9
Do you put on both your socks first or a sock and a shoe at a time?

01:52:41  Terminal 5
 You will never find time for anything - if you want time, you 
 must make it. Are you a caring person? What are your feelings now?

01:53:18  Judge 9
I care about caring.  Right now my feelings are of disillusionment.  I had h

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