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How many of you remember MegaHal (1998) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MegaHAL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MegaHAL It said many random clever sounding things
by INGELRII 6y ago
How many of you remember MegaHal (1998) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MegaHAL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MegaHAL
It said many random clever sounding things. For example:
I COULD SHAKE MY TINY FIST AND SWEAR I WASN'T WRONG, BUT WHAT'S THE SENSE
IN ARGUING WHEN YOU'RE MUCH TOO BUSY RETURNING TO THE LAVATOR.
COWS FLY LIKE CLOUDS BUT THEY ARE NEVER COMPLETELY SUCCESSFUL.
COWS FLY LIKE CLOUDS BUT THEY ALSO HAVE VERY SAD DEATH. BUT AT LEAST WITTY?
TIME. TIME. WHAT IS TIME? SWISS MANUFACTURE IT. FRENCH HORDE
IT. ITALIANS WANT IT, HUH? WELL, I MUST BE THURSDAY. I NEVER
COULD GET THE HANG OF THURSDAYS.
CHESS IS A FUN SPORT, WHEN PLAYED WITH SHOT GUNS.
- superhuzza 6y ago>CHESS IS A FUN SPORT, WHEN PLAYED WITH SHOT GUNS. Truly ahead of it's time.
- 29athrowaway 6y agoNot shotguns but equally entertaining: Chess boxing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK5TQSKmS3o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK5TQSKmS3o
- pmoriarty 6y agoQuite apart from Turing tests and the search for AI, chatbots and NN-trained language models could be quite useful to provide inspiration and points of departure for authors, poets, comedians, and songwriters. It's a pity that AI technologies aren't more widely available to artists, authors, and musicians.