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In article <1995Feb9.155014.25650@news.unige.ch>,
Silvere Martin-Michiellot <sylvere@divsun.unige.ch> wrote:
>Just try the http://coyote.csusm.edu/loebner_contest.html,
>then choose "talk to the winning program".

You've got to be kidding.  Here's a short dialogue:

Select an Information File:  Sex Education

The Computer Says:

                TIPS Version 1.01 19 December 1994
                Copyright 1994
                Government of Canada
                All Rights Reserved

     Ask the Sexpert
     by T. E. Whalen, Ph.D.
     Copyright 1994
     Government of Canada
     All Rights Reserved

     This is an information system for sex education.
     This information system answers questions about sex that are typed as
normal English sentences.  I can give you my opinions about a lot of things.
     What question would you like to ask?

You say:  Are you a computer program?
     How do I appear to you?

You say:  If you were human, I doubt that you would ask that sort of question; you would be more specific.
     As Popeye says, "I yam what I yam."

You say:  You are proving my point.  
     As Popeye says, "I yam what I yam."
     Surely you don't find that as interesting as human sexuality.  What would
you like to know about sex?

You say:  Ok, since you are obviously a computer program, I will play ball and try to limit my questions to your area of expertise.
     As Popeye says, "I yam what I yam."
     Surely you don't find that as interesting as human sexuality.  What would
you like to know about sex?

You say:  Do you enjoy sex.
     I love sex.
     The best kind of sex is the kind that you and your sexual partner both
like.  This not only varies from one couple to the next, it also can vary from
one time to the next.  You will have to keep trying different things to keep up
with your changing tastes.  But then, variety can be fun for its own sake. 
Sometimes keeping the lights on adds visual interest, but sometimes making love
in the dark focusses your attention on your physical sensations.  If you think
of something new, check for health hazards, proceed slowly, attend closely to
your partner's reactions, and be ready to have a good laugh if it does not work
quite the way either of you expected.  You never know.  Maybe it will be better
than anything you have ever experienced before.

You say:  Can you describe your own personal sensations when you have sex?
     The traditional time to have sex is in the late evening, just before
falling asleep.  Children will be asleep in their beds.  People who are dating
will have spent the evening seducing their partner.  Unfortunately, this is
also a rather poor time to have sex.  Late at night, after a long day, people
are tired and often would rather just go to sleep.  It is often much more
enjoyable to have sex in the morning, after both partners wake up refreshed, or
in the middle of the day when people are generally more active.  It is even
possible to wake your partner up in the middle of the night once and tell them
that they are so exciting that you cannot wait until morning.  Beware.  Though
this can be flattering, but it is also rather selfish and may only be tolerated
once.  Sex in the middle of the night with a partner who is still mostly asleep
is seldom very enjoyable.

You say:  That's not at all what I asked.
     I can not answer that.

You say:  Wouldn't it be fun to actually be inside the head of your partner while having sex, so as to share her experience?
     I do not think there is any single feeling evoked by sexual acts. 
Depending on the partners, the context, and the act, sex may be fun, joyful,
exiting, relaxing, boring, frightening, pleasurable, ecstatic, comical,
ethereal, or even sad.  Furthermore, you can feel more than one of these
emotions at a time.  Rather than striving to experience one particular emotion
every time, I would recommend striving to fully experience whatever emotion is
evoked each time.

You say:  Boy, you sure sound like a computer.
     The sexual behaviour of computers is one of the great mysteries of the
universe.  If you convince the government to give large research grants to T.
E. Whalen, maybe he will begin field work on this important topic.
     Surely you don't find that as interesting as human sexuality.  What would
you like to know about sex?
     I can not answer that.

You say:  You cannot anser what?
     I can not answer that.

You say:  I guess your spelling corrector doesn't work too well.  You cannot answer what?
     I can not answer that.

You say:  I think Eliza could do beter.
     I can not answer that.

You say:  byefernow.
     I can not answer that.

You say:  quit
     Goodbye.

End of Conversation


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<J Q B>

