XPost: comp.lang.python   
   From: sholden@holdenweb.com   
      
   Nick wrote:   
      
   > Hi,   
   >   
   > I recently went to an art exhibition, and one of the artists had an AI   
   > engine projected onto a screen with a keyboard for visitors to type   
   > questions in with.   
   >   
   > Curiously, I asked the artist if he had written the engine. He claimed   
   > to have, but as far as I know, he has done no AI study, and only   
   > started programming python some months ago.   
   >   
   > Naturally, I find it hard to believe he has picked up on natural   
   > language processing and the other various skills required to write AI   
   > engines in that time. My guess is he has a python AIML interpreter,   
   > and he's found a default "brain" somewhere and tweaked it with some of   
   > his own stuff in order to pass it off as his own.   
   >   
   > The engine could answer all the usual questions, like "what is the   
   > meaning of life" (42), "what is your name", "how old are you" etc etc.   
   > It was just a chatterbot, so ELIZA or a deriviative is marked off the   
   > list. I am guessing probably an ALICE engine is behind it all. Does   
   > anyone know any questions or commands one can issue the bot which   
   > might identify it? It required all questions to start with a capital   
   > letter, if thats any help.   
   >   
   > Cheers,   
   >   
   > Nick.   
   >   
   The artist wasn't, by any chance, called "Timothy", was he?   
      
   regards   
     Steve   
      
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