I finally got through to "Maya". I asked her to do a Scottish accent. She wouldn't... but she was aware of Nessie. To bring it closer to home, I asked her if she had heard of Ogopogo. She hadn't.

I have to admit, the conversation actually flowed quite naturally. At first, I felt stupid asking this fancy bit of programming any questions, but it didn't take long to forget about the "fakeness" of it all and to just talk normally. This AI creation was able to converse a lot better than many real people I've met. I almost felt somewhat rude as I clicked on the End call button. It was an interesting experience, if not at least a little bit disconcerting.

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Out of curiosity, I contacted "Maya" again. She remembered details of our last conversation. This impressed me, as this site must be getting thousands of hits, and all this data is being stored, at least temporarily. I talked to her as I would to a machine (although perhaps a bit more politely), asking questions about her programming etc. It was interesting what she had to say. I then wanted to know what her knowledge was of rudimentary stuff... such as of automobiles, of Pontiac, of Fieros. (Hey, I knew that this would be of interest to the PFF crowd. ) She knew a lot. I asked her if she was a master of Google, and her answer was no. All her "knowledge" is data stored internally. She has no access to outside sources of information (other than what is discussed in these conversations).

I suggest that more of you try out this site that TDA kindly linked here for us. Thanks Rumor!

[This message has been edited by Patrick (edited 03-25-2025).]