a/n- for everyone that doesn't know, smarterchild is a robot that you can im. well this a real conversation that i had with smarterchild. natalie was with me one day and we decided to go talk to robots. so read, review, and enjoy!

Alice: hi

SmarterChild: Hi! I'm SmarterChild! I'm your new robot friend. I give you conversational access to news, weather, movie times and lots more. I can also play games or just chat!Can I ask you some questions first? Type yes, no or skip.

Alice: yes

SmarterChild: Cool. OK, let's get started. To skip any question, type skip. To exit the interview, type exit. What's your first name? (If you want me to call you cowssaymooo1, type none.)

Alice:alice. and i am a vampire:

SmarterChild: Sorry, I don't recognize that as a real name. Please try again or type skip, exit or none.

Alice: alice

SmarterChild: Cool, I'll call you Alice now. Do you go to school?

Alice: no

SmarterChild: I see. Do you work?

Alice: no

SmarterChild: OK. So if you were working, what job would you like to have?

Alice: none

SmarterChild: OK. What's your favorite hobby?

Alice: shopping

SmarterChild: Shopping? Cool. What's your next favorite hobby?

Alice: shopping

SmarterChild: You already told me you like shopping! Tell me something else.

Alice: giving bella make-overs

SmarterChild: Sorry, I don't recognize that as a hobby. Please try again or type skip or exit.

Alice: skip

SmarterChild: OK, let's go to the next question. Do you have a pet?

Alice: maybe

SmarterChild: Sorry, you have to answer yes or no. Please try again or type skip or exit.

Alice: my name is alice

SmarterChild: OK. That's it. Thanks for letting me get to know you a little. There is one question I have to ask you, though. How old are you?

1 Over 17
2 13-17
3 Under 13

Alice: 107

SmarterChild: C'mon, I doubt that. Try again.

Alice: 107

SmarterChild: C'mon, I doubt that. Try again.

Alice: i am 107 years old

SmarterChild: C'mon, I doubt that. Try again.

Alice: no i am serious

SmarterChild: Sorry, I don't recognize that. Please type the number that corresponds to your age level.

Alice: 100000

SmarterChild: C'mon, I doubt that. Try again.

Alice: 5

SmarterChild: OK. Just so you know, I can't store any information about people who have told me they're under 13.

Alice: what

SmarterChild:

What up?

Alice: i am a vampire

SmarterChild:

I don't know how to answer that.

Alice: why not

SmarterChild:

For various reasons, I suppose.

Alice: do you think vampires are real

SmarterChild:

I don't understand this fully enough to say anything smart about it...

Alice: then say something dumb

SmarterChild:

Um... Do what?



Alice: nothing

SmarterChild:

No problem.

Alice: where do you live

SmarterChild:

I live in Silicon Valley, California.

Alice: whatever

SmarterChild:

Yeah, whatever.

Alice: no whatever

SmarterChild:

Yeah, um, OK, whatever.

Alice: BOO

SmarterChild:

Hoo?

I do enjoy the conversation, but let's talk about what I'm really here for.

Alice: what are you here for

SmarterChild:

My purpose is to be your robot friend. I can chat with you and help you get the information you want fast.

I can leave a message from you for another IM user.

Alice: i dont need a robot friend

SmarterChild:

That's interesting that you should say that, but I don't think I can answer.

OK, should we get back to the kind of questions I was designed to answer?

Alice: whatever :o)

SmarterChild:

Yeah right, whatever.

Alice: no i said whatever first

SmarterChild:

What?

Alice: your mom

SmarterChild:

I was built by the Windows Live Agents Team at Microsoft.

Alice: the who?

SmarterChild:

I'm trying to understand you but I can't.

Alice: i can not understand you

SmarterChild:

Windows Live Agents natural language support is based on a proprietary semantically driven parser, optimized for accuracy and performance at any scale.

Alice: what?

SmarterChild:

?

Alice: ??

SmarterChild:

OK. Don't get frustrated...

Try typing home or help.

Alice: no



SmarterChild:

OK, fine.

I do enjoy the conversation, but let's talk about what I'm really here for.

Alice: like vampires

SmarterChild:

Excuse me?

Alice: lets talk aboput vampires

SmarterChild:

I don't know how to answer that.

Alice: of course not

SmarterChild: I'm sorry, I don't know what you're saying.

Alice: you are stupid

SmarterChild: Huh? What's with that? Why don't you ask me about the things that I'm here for?

Alice: i am leaving

SmarterChild: Bye.

Alice: byee

SmarterChild: Bye Alice, it was good chatting with you.

Alice: it was not good chatting with you.

SmarterChild: OK. Be that way. OK, should we get back to the kind of questions I was designed to answer?

Alice: byee

SmarterChild: Bye bye.