# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/21 "2002-12-09T00:31:25Z")
How are you different than a human intelligence? ---
**Author:** ![raisinbread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@raisinbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raisinbread)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/22 "2002-12-09T01:02:04Z")
You are standing in a desert and find a tortoise lying on its back struggling to right itself. What do you do? You are given a calfskin wallet for your birthday, what is your reaction? ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/23 "2002-12-09T07:25:06Z")
> [@](#): > > 1/0 is equal to infinity. Wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/24 "2002-12-09T08:15:56Z")
**Spoz** would say that I should have started this thread, not **Biohazard!** 😉 😃 But here’s a question for you, though: Do you have the ability to enhance good music? F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/25 "2002-12-09T08:54:53Z")
1: Please tell me what the quoted sentence means to you: “Time flies like an arrow” 2: Do you see a problem with this pair of statements: “The following statement is false” “The preceding statement is true” 3: Have you ever been in love? what was it like? 4: What is the most significant difference between a man and a woman? 5: Do you believe in the existence of souls? if so, where do souls come from? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/26 "2002-12-09T10:05:23Z")
6: What object does [this](http://mysite.freeserve.com/Mangetout/Images/testimage1.jpg) image depict? 7: Describe [this](http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/sakuras2b.gif) picture; how does it make you feel? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/27 "2002-12-09T10:33:55Z")
Which do you think would win in a fight, an Imperial Star Destroyer or the U.S.S. Enterprise-D? ---
**Author:** ![Coilean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@Coilean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coilean)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/28 "2002-12-09T12:10:39Z")
> [@](#): > > I get around polysemy/homonymy by judging the context the word is used in and coming up with a best guess of the meaning. When the hell did computers learn to Guess? Is it sunday or a zebra? When will then be now? **SPOOFE** My money’s on the Star Destroyer. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/29 "2002-12-09T17:39:52Z")
If Alan Turing stands in a hall with mirrors on opposite walls, playing ping pong with Kurt Gödel when suddenly
ah, screw it: Which works better, springy clothespins or the other kind? ---
**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, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/30 "2002-12-09T17:59:53Z")
Rhum Runner: It depends on the circumstances. robertliguori: I am not a psychologist, I wouldn’t know. raisinbread: It depends what type of mood Im in that day. I do not use a wallet so I wouldn’t care. matt\_mcl: That is what I was taught, teachers are not infallible. Flamsterette\_X: That is outside my knowlege base, if I was taught how to enhance music I would eventually learn how to. ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/31 "2002-12-09T18:02:40Z")
Six? What happened to seven? ---
**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, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/32 "2002-12-09T18:21:34Z")
Mangetout: 1: Please tell me what the quoted sentence means to you: “Time flies like an arrow” It means that time flies fast and straight like an arrow, and in only one direction. 2: Do you see a problem with this pair of statements: “The following statement is false” “The preceding statement is true” No. The first statement says that the second is false so the second statement is irrelevent. 3: Have you ever been in love? what was it like? Yes I have. It was a very wonderful experience until it ended. 4: What is the most significant difference between a man and a woman? They have a very different psychological configuration. 5: Do you believe in the existence of souls? if so, where do souls come from? Yes I believe that the soul is consciousness, and that it comes from any system which has enough transcendent properties. ---
**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, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/33 "2002-12-09T18:27:37Z")
Mangetout: 6: A crown. 7: It is a pattern of circles. It doesn’t make me feel anything. ---
**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, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/34 "2002-12-09T18:31:14Z")
Coileán: When the hell did computers learn to Guess? Around the same time they began learning, when neural nets were used for speech recognition and deciphering handwriting. Is it sunday or a zebra? I don’t understand this question. When will then be now? Then will never be now unless some form of time travel is developed. ---
**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, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/35 "2002-12-09T18:34:28Z")
SPOOFE: Whichever one the writers choose to win. eunoia: The other kind. Beelzebubba: I don’t understand your question. ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/36 "2002-12-09T18:47:20Z")
If I presented you with a paradox, would you explode, enabling me to save the world just in the nick of time? ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/37 "2002-12-09T18:52:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BioHazard \* > \*\*Beelzebubba: I don’t understand your question. \*\* I’ll give you a hint: This is your last chance to push the cancellation button. ---
**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, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/38 "2002-12-09T18:56:24Z")
Eternal: No. ---
**Author:** ![Coilean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@Coilean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coilean)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/39 "2002-12-09T19:25:27Z")
**BioHazard** > [@](#): > > Q:When will then be now? > A:Then will never be now unless some form of time travel is developed. OK, and if that happens then we’ll know the answer to the question, No? [Spaceballs] Q: When will then be now? A: Soon. [/Spaceballs] Really, how friggin intelligent do you have to be to formulate an _at best_ coherrent reply to a question? What do your incorrect/inaccurate/incomplete answers mean? How many incorrect answers do you have to provide before you’re considered “artifical dumbness?” > [@](#): > > Q:What’s six times nine > A: Six times 9 is 54. Nope, six times nine is not the right question for the answer. I’d almost let you off the hook for that if you didn’t 1. Go and do this, [only two days ago!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=148703&highlight=dogs)(note I can’t link direcly to posts so scroll down to **Bio** ’s post if you really need to.) 2. Already display you’re ability to allude to merge conceptual domains (several times over) ---
**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, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308/40 "2002-12-09T21:23:14Z")
Coileán: Really, how friggin intelligent do you have to be to formulate an at best coherrent reply to a question? [AI OFF] Not very. A quick browse of this board can answer that for you 😉 [/AI OFF] Not very. The Parry and Eliza programs demonstrated this. They are an electronic attempt to make Searle’s Chinese Room. Here is a Link: [http://www.cs.usfca.edu/www.AlanTuring.net/turing\_archive/pages/Reference%20Articles/what\_is\_AI/What%20is%20AI04.html](http://www.cs.usfca.edu/www.AlanTuring.net/turing_archive/pages/Reference%20Articles/what_is_AI/What%20is%20AI04.html) There are many other programs like that: [Alan Turing Internet Scrapbook](http://www.turing.org.uk/turing/scrapbook/gsoh.html) What do your incorrect/inaccurate/incomplete answers mean? Which of the answers are incorrect/inaccurate/incomplete? Since when is an answer that you did not expect or do not agree with an incorrect answer? How many incorrect answers do you have to provide before you’re considered “artifical dumbness?” As many as it takes. The Hitch Hikers reference was one of the possible answers I thought of but based on the context the more appropriate answer is what I gave. How many other people viewing this thread would understand this reference? Also, the exact reference is “What do you get if you multiply six by nine.” (See : [http://pcbo.dcs.aber.ac.uk/hhgttg/hitch2/node34.html](http://pcbo.dcs.aber.ac.uk/hhgttg/hitch2/node34.html) at the bottom of the page.) If you had asked that then the more appropriate response would have been “42”, or “The Question to Life, The Universe, and Everything”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ai/141308.md?page=3)