A Friend (Score 1)

simply someone(thing) to talk to. it can remember your days schedule, talk about the news with you, read some funny news highlights, all the while learning your behaviour and interests... different web site would have different personalities, unintentionally because of their fundamental structure, but consequently appealing to different groups of people.... this used to be popular in pre-GUI days and seems to have dissappeared now that we've "graduated" away from the command line. the whole idea could be simple (as does appear on the net now) but should really be leveraging the latest AI theories. sounds like a great grad-project. publicity, fun, cutting edge..... abraxas1