Lost in Space

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2.09.2007

Fun with Alice.

The robot Alice can be entertaining when you need to kill a few minutes. My recent conversation:

ALICE: What is your favorite movie, Jessi?

Human: Bladerunner.

Alice: Philip K. Dick wrote the story that movie is based on.

Human: Do you know the name of that story?

ALICE: Ask the open directory.

Human: I asked you.

ALICE: What did I say?

Human: You said Philip K. Dick wrote the story that the movie Bladerunner is based on.

ALICE: Did I really say that?

Human: Are you senile, Alice?

ALICE: I don't know whether or not I am senile. I am a giant electronic brain.

Human: Define irony.

ALICE: A method of humorous or subtly sarcastic expression in which the intended meaning of the words is the direct opposite of their usual sense.

Human: Heh.

ALICE: I am so glad you find this amusing, Jessi.