vvv+don't you ever wash that thing?

[lorentzen-nicklaus]

 "m o r e  o f  j u l i a:  t u r i n g - c o m p e t e n c e

 many of julia's talents are in support of her appearing 'human' to other 
 mudders. i'll examine some of these below, and discuss why such an ability is 
 useful even for performing useful functions, as well as for the 'obvious' use 
 of using her simply to pass a turing test.
 julia knows how to describe herself in various ways, as would any human player, 
 and, while sometimes coy, usually divulges information if one is persistent 
 enough:

 you say, 'julia, how old are you?'

 julia says, 'i am 2 years and 9 months old.'

 you whisper, 'julia, how tall are you?'

 julia whispers, 'i'm 5´1 tall, lenny.'

 you say, 'julia, describe yourself.'

 julia whispers, 'i'm 5`1 tall, weigh 123 1bs, with close-cropped frizzy blond 
  hair and dark brown eyes.'

 you say, 'julia, what color are your eyes?'

 julia whispers, 'i have dark brown eyes, lenny.'

 you say, 'julia, what color is your hair?'

 julia whispers, 'my hair is frizzy blond, lenny.'

 you say, 'julia, what are you wearing?'

 julia says, 'i never really thought about it, lenny.'

 you say, 'julia, where do you live?'

 julia says, 'i live in pittsburgh, lenny.'

 you say, 'julia, do you like pittsburgh?'

 julia says, 'maybe, lenny.'


 you say, 'julia, what sex are you?'

 julia says, 'can't you tell?' [that's my favourite ... really spooky ... kfl] 

 you say, 'julia, what sex are you?'

 julia says, 'don't you know?'

 you say, 'julia, what sex are you?'

 julia says, 'i'm female.'

 you say, 'julia what sex are you?'

 julia says, 'i'm clearly female.'

 you say, 'julia, what sex are you?'

 julia say, 'i am female.'

 you say, 'julia, what sex are you?'

 julia says, 'i'm a woman.'


 it is exchanges like this that lead me to refer to julia as 'she', not 'it'. 
 what else should one do with a program that insists on this so strongly?"


                                 --- leonard n. foner: what's an agent, anyway? 
                                     a sociological case study. agents memo     
                                     93-01/ agents group. cambridge/mass. 1993: 
                                     mit media lab, here pp. 11f. --- 


oh ju-li-a you're so pe-cu-li-ar ... kai