Journal mcgrew's Journal: I heard it on the intarwebs 1
A few days ago slashdot ran a piece with two arguing chatbots. I did the same thing ten years ago; ok, a very similar thing. There was a TuringTestBot named "Alice" that was getting a lot of hype, so I logged on and sicced Artificial Insanity, my own TuringTestBot bot I wrote back in 1983 on it, and posted the results on my Quake site. It was interesting, to say the least.
Anyway, I'm still looking for the file; I saved that old site on three CDs, and will repost it here when I do find it. But I did run across this poem I wrote about the accuracy of what you find on the internet.
This is from March 16, 2000. I think the Republicans have seen it and taken it to heart.
I heard it on the internet
You'll only succeed if you never try
'cause the lies are all true and the truth is a lie
Heros don't matter and cowards are brave
China is free because freedom's a slave
The Pope isn't Catholic and evil is good
Iron's not metal and trees aren't of wood
Big isn't large and little's not small
The floor is a ceiling, the ceiling's a wall
Cats live in water and fish never swim
You always should buy all your stock on a whim
Winter is warm and the Summer is cold
The aged are young but their babies are old
Fire ain't hot and water ain't wet
I heard it on the internet
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Off in a rapt (Score:1)
Don't see it's an act
Instead of political
Be analytical
Follow your instinct, not what you've heard
Unless there's a reason you like to eat turd
Such is the way of things pathological
Those who make rules are truly the criminal