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I did something remarkably similar. In the 90s I independently reinvented Markov chains, although I didn't know that was what it was called. I wrote a mIRC pl

I did something remarkably similar. In the 90s I independently reinvented Markov chains, although I didn't know that was what it was called. I wrote a mIRC plugin and made a bot with it. I gave it the username "Cybergirl" for both the pun factor and that it encouraged people to message it. I remember one conversation in particular that, by chance, went so well that it had some poor soul convinced it/she lived in his city and was going to come over. I also saw a TV episode where a magician demonstrated supposed ability to play simultaneous (round-robin) chess games against multiple grand masters. The conceit behind the trick was that (after the first board) the magician was just mirroring the last move made so that the grand masters were effectively playing each other but didn't know it. That gave me the idea to modify the bot to connect two people through the bot.

snek_case 4y ago
Have the bot tell both users that it's randint(18,25)/f/cali, then connect both users together and get some popcorn ready.
stainforth 4y ago
>modify the bot to connect two people through the bot. When I think about that, isn't that exactly equivalent to having the 2 people chat with themselves?
- laumars 4y ago
  Yes. They made that point explicitly themselves
- tuxie_ 4y ago
  Exactly my thought. Is the bot learning from that exchange or what part does it play? Otherwise it's just 2 people chatting with each other.
gertrunde 4y ago
I vaguely recall reading a story (probably 15-20-ish years ago) about someone doing exactly that with ICQ (or a similar service - memory is a bit hazy on the details!). Create a fake profile of an attractive young lady who is interested in chatting to strangers, wait for inbound calls, pair them up with each other & record the resulting audio. IIRC - the funniest one was a pairing where one participant wasn't phased by the situation they found themselves in, and still wanted the other participant to talk dirty to them...
- emmelaich 4y ago
  Perhaps you're thinking of Mark V Shaney's posts on the usenet group alt.singles It was written by Rob Pike and Bruce Ellis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_V._Shaney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_V._Shaney
- Fnoord 4y ago
  Sure, any bot running on IRC (e.g. Eliza or A.L.I.C.E.) could run via Bitlbee (IRC to IM gateway originally a fork of Gaim/Pidgin) on other networks such as ICQ. There was also e.g. Licq which could spoof UIN and message, as well as that it had plugins for bots. I also had a friend who ran a sexbot called jenny on DALnet (not the IRC network with the most clever population). Fun times!
laumars 4y ago
For anyone interested in the Chess story, it's a trick performed by Darren Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIAXIubSTkc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIAXIubSTkc I really liked the simplicity of the trick (concept wise). Though I sure as hell couldn't memorise all those moves.
- SamBam 4y ago
  I remember seeing that in a riddle book about 20 years ago.
  - laumars 4y ago
    That’s about the same age as this show

snek_case 4y ago

Have the bot tell both users that it's randint(18,25)/f/cali, then connect both users together and get some popcorn ready.

stainforth 4y ago

>modify the bot to connect two people through the bot. When I think about that, isn't that exactly equivalent to having the 2 people chat with themselves?

laumars 4y ago
Yes. They made that point explicitly themselves
tuxie_ 4y ago
Exactly my thought. Is the bot learning from that exchange or what part does it play? Otherwise it's just 2 people chatting with each other.

gertrunde 4y ago

I vaguely recall reading a story (probably 15-20-ish years ago) about someone doing exactly that with ICQ (or a similar service - memory is a bit hazy on the details!). Create a fake profile of an attractive young lady who is interested in chatting to strangers, wait for inbound calls, pair them up with each other & record the resulting audio. IIRC - the funniest one was a pairing where one participant wasn't phased by the situation they found themselves in, and still wanted the other participant to talk dirty to them...

emmelaich 4y ago
Perhaps you're thinking of Mark V Shaney's posts on the usenet group alt.singles It was written by Rob Pike and Bruce Ellis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_V._Shaney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_V._Shaney
Fnoord 4y ago
Sure, any bot running on IRC (e.g. Eliza or A.L.I.C.E.) could run via Bitlbee (IRC to IM gateway originally a fork of Gaim/Pidgin) on other networks such as ICQ. There was also e.g. Licq which could spoof UIN and message, as well as that it had plugins for bots. I also had a friend who ran a sexbot called jenny on DALnet (not the IRC network with the most clever population). Fun times!

laumars 4y ago

For anyone interested in the Chess story, it's a trick performed by Darren Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIAXIubSTkc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIAXIubSTkc I really liked the simplicity of the trick (concept wise). Though I sure as hell couldn't memorise all those moves.

SamBam 4y ago
I remember seeing that in a riddle book about 20 years ago.
- laumars 4y ago
  That’s about the same age as this show