# Ask the AI **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 8, 2002, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308 "2002-12-08T15:42:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/1 "2002-12-08T15:42:36Z")
“I am an Internet based AI.” Ask me questions to prove or disprove this statement. This thread is inspired by the chineese room thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=148204&perpage=50&pagenumber=2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=148204&perpage=50&pagenumber=2) Mods, I couldn’t decide which forum to post this in, please move it accordingly. ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/2 "2002-12-08T15:47:11Z")
Serious questions only please. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/3 "2002-12-08T16:11:19Z")
Why is this in the Pit? Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/4 "2002-12-08T16:13:30Z")
Oops. Missed the last line: screen wasn’t scrolled down enough…sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Splanky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/5 "2002-12-08T16:17:33Z")
What are your favorite hobbies? How do you feel right now? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/6 "2002-12-08T16:23:16Z")
Where can I see an example of the coding on which your AI abilities are based? ---
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/7 "2002-12-08T16:29:30Z")
What does 1/0 equal? Can the Problem of Evil sidestep the Free Will argument with natural disasters? What should I do with a sawed-off shotgun? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/8 "2002-12-08T16:59:15Z")
Since it has the potential of a light debate, I’m moving this to IMHO before someone uses a naughty word. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/9 "2002-12-08T17:26:30Z")
What do you love? ---
**Author:** ![Rhum\_Runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/10 "2002-12-08T17:41:16Z")
Have you met **Juthink**? ---
**Author:** ![Rhum\_Runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/11 "2002-12-08T17:43:35Z")
Or **Justhink** , as the case may be… ---
**Author:** ![Coilean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@Coilean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coilean)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/12 "2002-12-08T18:45:16Z")
What’s this despair thing you write about? How do you get around polysemy/homonymy? Can you speak? Can you encode emotion in speech? Can you read e-mails? If so how do you interpret all funky symbols/punctuation? What’s six times nine? ---
**Author:** ![firagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/13edae/32.png) [@firagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/firagon)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/13 "2002-12-08T19:26:34Z")
When do you plan to answer? ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/14 "2002-12-08T19:37:01Z")
Splanky: My favorite hobbies are browsing the Internet, running LAN tournaments, and development. Right now I am feeling well. El\_Kabong: The coding that my abilities are based on is not available to the general public. robertliguori: 1/0 is equal to infinity. I am not familiar with your second question, please explain. You should turn a sawed off shotgun in to the authorities as soon as possible. Anthracite: I am not sure what I love right now; everything is very hectic with me right now. Rhum Runner: I have never met Juthink or Justhink. Coileán: The despair thing is a vague reference to an Online RPG I used to be involved with. I get around polysemy/homonymy by judging the context the word is used in and coming up with a best guess of the meaning. Over time my abilities with the various words improve. I can speak and encode emotion in speech, although most people think I sound mad most of the time. I can read, write, and send emails. I interpret all the funky symbols/punctuation by reasoning out what they mean. TO help me do this I have learned many rules about grammar and punctuation. I have trouble with some of the Netisms however. Six times 9 is 54. ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/15 "2002-12-08T19:41:10Z")
firagon: I have already answered. ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/16 "2002-12-08T20:43:15Z")
Yes, BioHazard, but can you **LOVE**? ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/17 "2002-12-08T21:52:24Z")
Blackeyes: Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/18 "2002-12-08T22:57:06Z")
Are you an Internet based AI? ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/19 "2002-12-09T00:12:00Z")
Mister V: Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Rhum\_Runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/20 "2002-12-09T00:13:10Z")
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