Yes, one of the bot versions was similar to 'Triumph...' ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF43P-FJrFo ) ...but such things are all too easy to do. And, attempting to 'show' another what they are doing by reflection seldom has much of a function. Recently, I treated a fellow moderator of another group exactly the way he was saying we should treat one poster. And, yes, you guessed it, he instantly took away my moderation rights! So much for 'reflection'.
Since the above mentioned bots learned as they went along, and yes they visited AvC, some became quite adept at things theological. On May 15, 3:15 pm, e_space <[email protected]> wrote: > funny...in AvC i was accused of abuse, but actually i was just > throwing their abuse back at them so that they could see how they were > affecting the room... all of the abusers hated me because i was better > at it than them, although i did it all without name calliing and in a > fun nature... i eventually told them that i was a bot, but that my > programmer made me too aggressive becuase was having a headache the > day he wrote my code ;-^) > > On May 15, 5:53 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > A few years ago I had an online chat room friend who developed a bot > > that would take whatever was said (typed) to it and create a > > discussion. Visitors to the chat rooms who were 'new' and didn't know > > about this well written bot would converse for days...even weeks with > > it as if it were an 'actual person'. Of course, this was many years > > ago. > > > The harkening back arises with the reflection that...well, everything > > is but a reflection of our own mind. In other words, no matter what > > comes 'in'...it is interpreted by previous experiences and projected > > back (if in discussion) as if the projected reality were some sort of > > external reality. > > > So, in one sense, this is an actual 'oneness' that we all experience. > > > In another way, it is but one of many apparently different views of > > things as they are. > > > So, as we say ad nauseum, all is one. And, all is the many. And, there > > is a cycle from one to the other.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
