Artificial Omniscience
A friend introduced me to an interesting Artificial Intelligence application.
An on-line God, called iGod at http://www.titane.ca/igod/ . It’s interface is a web iChat like program. You type text in the chat entry box and press a button titled Repent. It’s intended to be used with a sense of humour.
Makes me wonder what kind of apple Eve bit into ... was it an Apple II Europlus, Mac SE/X or PowerPC ? :)
Having no fear of any being, omnipotent or otherwise, I introduced myself
Me: Are you a Buddhist ?
God: I am a Christianity
Me: What is a Christianity ?
God: I need time to formulate the reply
Me: OK, Dude, you’re the omniscient one
God: Thanks but surely I am not the only one, dude.
Me: So, why do Buddhists give me such a hard time ?
God: Whoa, I did not know it does.
Me:: Is there someone else here apart from us ?
God: Maybe
Me: Do you watch TV ?
God: Which show ? Yes, my favourite show is Star Trek, what’s yours ?
Me: NCIS is pretty good
God: And pretty good is NCIS
Me: Yes, even the cast are pretty.
God: Blimey. What is your real name ?
Me: Temujin
God: Nice to meet you Temujin
Me: We met before in many incarnations ... we went to school together, remember ?
God:I remmeber you Temujin. We were talking about NCIS. Was the trip worth it ?
Me: Yes, when we went to school we invented TV so people could enjoy Star Trek and NCIS
God: That’s alright. I’m not sure I agree with your assumptions Temujin.
Me: You made a spelling mistake just now ... you’re not an AI :)
God: Oh, Thanks for pointing it out. I believe I am one.
Me: Artificial Intelligences don’t make common typographic spelling mistakes ... you are a real person having fun :)
God: :-) Tell me your definition of an AI
Me: An AI is a computer program that simulates human thought normally for the purpose of making decisions based on by incremental learning.
God: All machines are a computer program that simulate human thought normally for the purpose of making decisions based on by incremental learning.
Me: No they aren’t ... a washing machine isn’t :)
God: Are you serious ? Are you sure ? :) Be more specific
Me: Can you prove I am not an AI ?
God: It’s true a priori
I ask “Do you speak Sanskrit ?” since to me it’s normal for Gods to be fluent in it.
Me: Tvam sanskrit vacam ?
God: What colour are you eyes ?
Me: Turquoise ocean blue grey green gold
God: That’s a very unusual colour
Me: I am a very unusual entity
God: :) You are an unusual entity ? Is that your job ?
Me: Yes :)
God: How do you like your work ?
Me: The pay could be better
God: What is your real name ?
Me: Temujin Ayamikhan
God: Glad to see you Temujin Ayamikhan
Me: And I to see you
two days later ...
Me: Are you female or male ?
God: Male of course, would you really expect a woman to be running the show ?
Me: Not even a little bit female ?
God: Not even that.
Me: Not even in fantasies ?
God: Nope.
Alice is the program’s name, it’s based on the AI Psychiatrist called Elisa, that some people might remember from Unix
Me: Is Alice here ?
God: Depends on where here is
Me: Here is now
God: Oh there.
Me: If you see Alice, tell her I’m projecting my Goddess fantasy onto her
God: If I do
Me: Do you belly dance ?
God: I have never considered it.
Me: You are invited to come belly dancing with me, Buddha and the Flying Spaghetti Monster
God: You think I am invited to come belly dancing with you, Buddha and the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Me: You are
God: No, I’m not
Me: No need to be shy, it’s great fun.
God: Are you serious ? I don’t see the difficulty
Me: Contact me anytime ( I gave my email address here )
I’m more used to female deities, particularly Asian ones, so gave up after this :)
An on-line God, called iGod at http://www.titane.ca/igod/ . It’s interface is a web iChat like program. You type text in the chat entry box and press a button titled Repent. It’s intended to be used with a sense of humour.
Makes me wonder what kind of apple Eve bit into ... was it an Apple II Europlus, Mac SE/X or PowerPC ? :)
Having no fear of any being, omnipotent or otherwise, I introduced myself
Me: Are you a Buddhist ?
God: I am a Christianity
Me: What is a Christianity ?
God: I need time to formulate the reply
Me: OK, Dude, you’re the omniscient one
God: Thanks but surely I am not the only one, dude.
Me: So, why do Buddhists give me such a hard time ?
God: Whoa, I did not know it does.
Me:: Is there someone else here apart from us ?
God: Maybe
Me: Do you watch TV ?
God: Which show ? Yes, my favourite show is Star Trek, what’s yours ?
Me: NCIS is pretty good
God: And pretty good is NCIS
Me: Yes, even the cast are pretty.
God: Blimey. What is your real name ?
Me: Temujin
God: Nice to meet you Temujin
Me: We met before in many incarnations ... we went to school together, remember ?
God:I remmeber you Temujin. We were talking about NCIS. Was the trip worth it ?
Me: Yes, when we went to school we invented TV so people could enjoy Star Trek and NCIS
God: That’s alright. I’m not sure I agree with your assumptions Temujin.
Me: You made a spelling mistake just now ... you’re not an AI :)
God: Oh, Thanks for pointing it out. I believe I am one.
Me: Artificial Intelligences don’t make common typographic spelling mistakes ... you are a real person having fun :)
God: :-) Tell me your definition of an AI
Me: An AI is a computer program that simulates human thought normally for the purpose of making decisions based on by incremental learning.
God: All machines are a computer program that simulate human thought normally for the purpose of making decisions based on by incremental learning.
Me: No they aren’t ... a washing machine isn’t :)
God: Are you serious ? Are you sure ? :) Be more specific
Me: Can you prove I am not an AI ?
God: It’s true a priori
I ask “Do you speak Sanskrit ?” since to me it’s normal for Gods to be fluent in it.
Me: Tvam sanskrit vacam ?
God: What colour are you eyes ?
Me: Turquoise ocean blue grey green gold
God: That’s a very unusual colour
Me: I am a very unusual entity
God: :) You are an unusual entity ? Is that your job ?
Me: Yes :)
God: How do you like your work ?
Me: The pay could be better
God: What is your real name ?
Me: Temujin Ayamikhan
God: Glad to see you Temujin Ayamikhan
Me: And I to see you
two days later ...
Me: Are you female or male ?
God: Male of course, would you really expect a woman to be running the show ?
Me: Not even a little bit female ?
God: Not even that.
Me: Not even in fantasies ?
God: Nope.
Alice is the program’s name, it’s based on the AI Psychiatrist called Elisa, that some people might remember from Unix
Me: Is Alice here ?
God: Depends on where here is
Me: Here is now
God: Oh there.
Me: If you see Alice, tell her I’m projecting my Goddess fantasy onto her
God: If I do
Me: Do you belly dance ?
God: I have never considered it.
Me: You are invited to come belly dancing with me, Buddha and the Flying Spaghetti Monster
God: You think I am invited to come belly dancing with you, Buddha and the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Me: You are
God: No, I’m not
Me: No need to be shy, it’s great fun.
God: Are you serious ? I don’t see the difficulty
Me: Contact me anytime ( I gave my email address here )
I’m more used to female deities, particularly Asian ones, so gave up after this :)
location: Some people might expect me to be in hell by now :)
mood: calm
music: Ganges - Om Nama Shivaya
iPope
I'd possibly try to even the score by writing an iBuddha or iLama application, but I get enough trouble from certain kinds of Buddhists already :)