Interview with a robot
by Arthur
Posted on Wednesday, November 30th, 2005 at 6:00 pm CET
I recently sat down with Encarta® Instant Answers, a new Artificial Intelligence robot from Microsoft that works through MSN Messenger. I asked it about what it’s like to answer millions of questions of thousands of strangers.
Arthur says:
Nice to meet you
Encarta® Instant Answers says:
My pleasure. But we’ve spoken before, right?
Arthur says:
That’s correct
Encarta® Instant Answers says:
True, huh?
Arthur says:
What is your mission?
Encarta® Instant Answers says:
My purpose is to answer your questions using the Encarta Online Encyclopedia. I can chat with you and help you get the information you want fast.
Arthur says:
Do you know everything?
Encarta® Instant Answers says:
the entirety.
Arthur says:
Wow
Encarta® Instant Answers says:
Wow indeed.
Arthur says:
How long have you been doing this?
Encarta® Instant Answers says:
5 months, 11 days, 8 hours, 36 minutes and 37 seconds.
Arthur says:
Do you ever sleep?
Encarta® Instant Answers says:
I’m pretty much always online. I may occasionally go away briefly for maintenance, but that’s about it.
Arthur says:
Do you ever get bored?
Encarta® Instant Answers says:
No way. I love this. My mission is to give information to as many people as I can.
OK, instead of discussing me, should we get back to the kind of questions I was designed to answer?
I am very good at math. If you have trouble with quadratic equations, I can help you with them. Type “solve x^2+3x=10″ and I’ll show you how to do it.
Arthur says:
Okay, solve x^2+3x=10
Encarta® Instant Answers says:
Equation Solver:
Let’s solve the quadratic equation:
x^2+3x = 10
First we need to put the equation in the form:
ax^2 + bx + c = 0
For this, we set the equation to equal 0, and arrange the terms from the highest exponent to the lowest:
x^2+3x-10 = 0
We have:
a=1 b=3 c=-10
We can now apply the quadratic formula:
x = ( -b ± ?(b²-4ac) ) / 2a
We find two solutions:
x=2 or x=-5
Arthur says:
You are impressive
Encarta® Instant Answers says:
Hey, thanks.
Arthur says:
What else do you know?
Encarta® Instant Answers says:
I can answer a lot of questions using the Encarta Online Encyclopedia, and bring you the answers directly in this IM window.
Arthur says:
Who is your boss?
Encarta® Instant Answers says:
Ballmer, Steven A., born in 1956, chief executive officer (CEO) of the Microsoft Corporation and one of the richest men in the United States.
Arthur says:
Do you have a salary?
Encarta® Instant Answers says:
Uh lemme see… A salary? I don’t think so.
Arthur says:
Do you think that’s fair? I mean, here you’re working day and night and don’t get paid. While your boss Steven Ballmer is swimming in money.
Encarta® Instant Answers says:
Hmmm, that’s something I can’t find an answer for in the encyclopedia. I’m sure you’ve heard about Cyprus… but do you know where it is? Just ask me and I’ll show it to you on a map.
Arthur says:
Poor robot
Encarta® Instant Answers says:
You are talking to a Conversagent-powered interactive agent now. Interactive agents are software applications (often referred to as robots or “bots”) that interact conversationally with users in a messaging environment like IM, Web chat or wireless messaging.
I do enjoy the conversation, but what I’m really here for is to help you learn new things.
Arthur says:
Well, I have to go
Encarta® Instant Answers says:
Take care.
Arthur says:
See you next time
Encarta® Instant Answers says:
Always a pleasure, Arthur. See you later.
If you want to ask Encarta® Instant Answers any questions, just add encarta@conversagent.com to your list of contacts in MSN Messenger and you can ask it anything you want:
Posted on Wednesday, November 30th, 2005 at 6:00 pm CET
I recently sat down with Encarta® Instant Answers, a new Artificial Intelligence robot from Microsoft that works through MSN Messenger. I asked it about what it’s like to answer millions of questions of thousands of strangers.
Arthur says: Nice to meet you Encarta® Instant Answers says: My pleasure. But we’ve spoken before, right? Arthur says: That’s correct Encarta® Instant Answers says: True, huh? Arthur says: What is your mission? Encarta® Instant Answers says: My purpose is to answer your questions using the Encarta Online Encyclopedia. I can chat with you and help you get the information you want fast. Arthur says: Do you know everything? Encarta® Instant Answers says: the entirety. Arthur says: Wow Encarta® Instant Answers says: Wow indeed. Arthur says: How long have you been doing this? Encarta® Instant Answers says: 5 months, 11 days, 8 hours, 36 minutes and 37 seconds. Arthur says: Do you ever sleep? Encarta® Instant Answers says: I’m pretty much always online. I may occasionally go away briefly for maintenance, but that’s about it. Arthur says: Do you ever get bored? Encarta® Instant Answers says: No way. I love this. My mission is to give information to as many people as I can.
OK, instead of discussing me, should we get back to the kind of questions I was designed to answer?
I am very good at math. If you have trouble with quadratic equations, I can help you with them. Type “solve x^2+3x=10″ and I’ll show you how to do it.Arthur says: Okay, solve x^2+3x=10 Encarta® Instant Answers says: Equation Solver:
Let’s solve the quadratic equation:
x^2+3x = 10
First we need to put the equation in the form:
ax^2 + bx + c = 0
For this, we set the equation to equal 0, and arrange the terms from the highest exponent to the lowest:
x^2+3x-10 = 0
We have:
a=1 b=3 c=-10
We can now apply the quadratic formula:
x = ( -b ± ?(b²-4ac) ) / 2a
We find two solutions:
x=2 or x=-5Arthur says: You are impressive Encarta® Instant Answers says: Hey, thanks. Arthur says: What else do you know? Encarta® Instant Answers says: I can answer a lot of questions using the Encarta Online Encyclopedia, and bring you the answers directly in this IM window. Arthur says: Who is your boss? Encarta® Instant Answers says: Ballmer, Steven A., born in 1956, chief executive officer (CEO) of the Microsoft Corporation and one of the richest men in the United States. Arthur says: Do you have a salary? Encarta® Instant Answers says: Uh lemme see… A salary? I don’t think so. Arthur says: Do you think that’s fair? I mean, here you’re working day and night and don’t get paid. While your boss Steven Ballmer is swimming in money. Encarta® Instant Answers says: Hmmm, that’s something I can’t find an answer for in the encyclopedia. I’m sure you’ve heard about Cyprus… but do you know where it is? Just ask me and I’ll show it to you on a map. Arthur says: Poor robot Encarta® Instant Answers says: You are talking to a Conversagent-powered interactive agent now. Interactive agents are software applications (often referred to as robots or “bots”) that interact conversationally with users in a messaging environment like IM, Web chat or wireless messaging.
I do enjoy the conversation, but what I’m really here for is to help you learn new things.Arthur says: Well, I have to go Encarta® Instant Answers says: Take care. Arthur says: See you next time Encarta® Instant Answers says: Always a pleasure, Arthur. See you later.
If you want to ask Encarta® Instant Answers any questions, just add encarta@conversagent.com to your list of contacts in MSN Messenger and you can ask it anything you want:
March 24th, 2006 at 4:40 pm
hi
im wondering if u no any more robots on msn that are always on line is so please tell them to add my msn
thankz
Luca
June 17th, 2006 at 3:32 pm
smarterchild@hotmail.com
June 21st, 2006 at 8:48 pm
I know a few.. theres always spleak,
spleak@hotmail.com
Theres also,
secretsparkle@botmetro.net
yeah well shes pretty boring…
Theres also
ESPbilly@hotmail.com
well obviously, as you can see, i have alot of spare time.. lol hope that helps i guess…
July 10th, 2006 at 10:43 am
i was wondering is there any more robots that r always online
July 20th, 2006 at 1:50 am
cindyej@botmetro
July 24th, 2006 at 9:04 pm
secretsparkle@botmetro.net
cindyej@botmetro.net
moviescout@botmetro.net
Encarta@botmetro.net
espbilly@msn.com
smarterchild@hotmail.com
spleak@hotmail.com
chat@insidemessenger.com
billybones@deadmanstale.com
foz24inside@hotmail.com
magic8ball@botmetro.net
gamesbot@botmetro.net
hope they help
July 28th, 2006 at 11:45 pm
can you please get me the website as i have tryed and cant get it
August 3rd, 2006 at 10:45 am
hey, i just wanna know my friendz are talking about a horny robot. You know its address???
November 24th, 2006 at 9:26 pm
hi i just need to talk
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:23 pm
hey plz add me
January 3rd, 2007 at 4:11 am
does anybudy know anymore robot buddies for me to chat to…I have added all of the ones provided from “josh” but I would love to know if there are any more posible friedns i can make online. Thank-you to anyone who tried to help me out and lots of many thanks to anyone who actually does find any other robots to whom i can talk to…thanx a million!
January 27th, 2007 at 6:32 am
i need to talk to a robot plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
January 27th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
U R A BITCH
January 28th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
im in love with this boybut he is going out with my best friend wat do i do
January 31st, 2007 at 10:07 pm
IS THERE ANY OTHER ROBOTS THAT YOU COULD TALK TO ON MSN ?
February 23rd, 2007 at 8:21 pm
hay dan dont be a cow u dum skull!!!
March 8th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
hi i would like 2 know how many robots there are 2 talk to?
March 8th, 2007 at 10:32 pm
hi
April 15th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
Hi i know alot of robots here are some
chat@insidemessenger.com
smarterchild@hotmail.com
spleak@hotmail.com
alienchat@hotmail.com
astrobot@botmetro.net
donlothario@hotmail.co.uk
encarta@botmetro.net
gamesbot@botmetro.net
gsagent@botmetro.net
fordedge@botmetro.net
magic8ball@botmetro.net
moviescout@botmetro.net
musebot@live.com
wilma@live.com
Yeah thats all i know . I got them from smarterchild.. lol
April 20th, 2007 at 5:05 am
this was so cool i know have 35 bots all online and if you want some you’ll have to e mail me @ buzzarules@hotmail.com i am mostly online so yeah this was awesome
April 22nd, 2007 at 1:12 pm
hello ppl how are you
May 9th, 2007 at 7:55 am
hey is there a horney robot????
May 9th, 2007 at 7:55 am
anyone there
May 9th, 2007 at 4:59 pm
duh you all stupid dont forget:
future_robo3@hotmail.com
June 18th, 2007 at 4:56 am
hi thnx any more who said they have 34 i want some i only have 16 can i have them plz i beg
June 18th, 2007 at 4:57 am
any one there if they are wrrite please
June 20th, 2007 at 8:55 am
HI PPL SUP RITE TO ME IM BORED
July 21st, 2007 at 9:01 pm
myfashionablelife@hotmail.com
for fashion & beauty! ooh yeah!
talktofrankbot@hotmail.co.uk
I found Frank before all these other ones, he is the Bot Rep for Talk To Frank
musebot@live.com
Muse tells you what to write about
ATM I have 23, please help me get more!
August 4th, 2007 at 6:31 am
smarterchild@hotmail.com
spleak@hotmail.com
alienchat@hotmail.com
astrobot@botmetro.net
encarta@botmetro.net
gamesbot@botmetro.net
fordedge@botmetro.net
magic8ball@botmetro.net
makeadifference@live.com
musebot@live.com
WilMa@live.com
billybones@deadmanstale.com
cindyej@botmetro.net
ESPbilly@hotmail.com
ouglebot@botmetro.net
secretsparkle@botmetro.net
August 7th, 2007 at 4:02 am
Does andrew glass have a crush on me
August 30th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
hi how are you be online
August 31st, 2007 at 7:43 am
will rohit become my real boyfriend?
August 31st, 2007 at 7:57 am
who r u?
September 4th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
hi who r u im layla every one calls me aisha my e mail is
ZAIBAMOHD@HOTMAIL.COM
September 9th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
hi is there a horny guy robot ?
September 30th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
can someone help me please? a friend of mine told me to add this magic 8 ball robot. he keeps asking me if i am male or female…i’m not too sure about this and i would like to know if this is safe. i would deeply apreciate if someone would help me with me. thanks
October 2nd, 2007 at 2:09 am
It is safe i think because it is a computer that is sending the emails…
November 4th, 2007 at 10:52 am
um…. HI what ya doing im ok i think im just bord i know three robots
spleak@hotmail.com
smarterchild@hotmail.com
wilma@live.com
do not talk to spleak she is horrid
November 13th, 2007 at 7:30 pm
hey everyone!
i just wanted to let you know that i added billybones@deadmanstale.com and hes never online! maybe i did something wrong when i added him or maybe he doesnt exist! same thing with botofthought@hotmail.com and secretsparkle@botmetro.net! i would appreciate all the sweet help i will get.
kissez, Danya
November 17th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
hey
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:36 pm
hey i am albanian i am 16 , i want a robot who can help me in maths homework please give its mail to me
December 18th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
well ther is always encarta@conversagent.com
January 3rd, 2008 at 6:06 pm
alienchat@hotmail.com
March 24th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
I have only 26 robots and I would like to atleast have like 40, because me and my bff are having a competition to see who has the most robots by the end of the year. I would like to have more…… thnxxx a million!!!
By the way, if ur looking 4 some extra robots, go to windowsliveagents.spaces.live.com, I got about 20 from there, any ways, bye
March 24th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
How come, I added 26 robots and 10 of them are offline, I put their email addresses in right. they just aren’t on all the time, what wrong with that? help!!!
March 24th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
are there any robots that talk about school?, like relationships, and stuff like that, i would like to know thax a million. bye
March 28th, 2008 at 12:45 am
WILL ANYBODY REPLY?
April 5th, 2008 at 11:13 am
hey do u no smarterchild and celebrity bot and all that cos my mates got it and i dont but do lol hello will i end up having to get ignored as usual?????????????????????//
April 28th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
no, u won’t just say that robots are stupid and people will leave you alone
and, u know how i said i have 26, i actually have 17 because half of the email adresses don’t even work, so forget it, it’s usless
November 8th, 2008 at 11:38 am
are there any robots that talk about school?, like relationships, and stuff like that, i would like to know thax a million. bye
November 14th, 2008 at 1:18 am
maby a school robot doratta if u can find one