# The "cleverbot" AI bot scam...! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2010, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583 "2010-09-30T08:04:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [October 2, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/61 "2010-10-02T01:00:04Z")
OK, I’ve had a play for myself and I think it’s pretty obviously a bot, because you can trick the text parsing - I made up some words and asked it the meaning of them: When I asked it “What is Glar?”, it gave me responses such as: “A facial expression used in anger.” (it interpreted ‘Glar’ ‘Glare’) “Glau?” (it interpreted ‘Glar’ as ‘Glau’ - the surname of an actress) “It stands for: Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System.” (it interpreted ‘Glar’ as ‘GlaDOS’ - a character from the game ‘portal’) “Happiness. Joy. That warm fuzzy feeling.” (it interpreted ‘Glar’ as ‘Gladness’ - _maybe_?) “Gladiator is a movie.” (it interpreted ‘Glar’ as ‘Gladiator’") “It is a famous town in england. There is a big festival there in the summer.” (it interpreted ‘Glar’ as ‘Glastonbury’) I asked it “What is Snid?”, it replied: “Frozen rain” (it interpreted ‘Snid’ as ‘Snow’) “Snow is frozen rain.” (ditto) “Frozen water.” (ditto) “Saturday Night Live” (it interpreted ‘Snid’ as ‘SNL’) “Water in the sky that has cooled to the point of crystalization that falls as a form of precipitation.” (see above) “Super Nintendo Entertainment System” (it interpreted ‘Snid’ as ‘SNES’) “It’s my nose dribble.” (it interpreted ‘Snid’ as ‘Snot’) And so on. It’s far too consistently easy to trick the text parsing. Turing test fail. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/62 "2010-10-02T01:04:11Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > > [@Mangetout](#): > > > > So what? Why does this mean anything. Why could not this response have come from a list of things other people said to the bot? > > My statement was: > I am a human visitor. Is the following true? ‘Visitors never talk to a human’. > And one of the replies was: > _ **‘Visitors never talk to a human, however convicing it is.’ the visitor here is me.** _ > > Ok, please invent a statement that would result in that reply. I think using Occam’s Razor the simplest explanation is that they were responding to my statement. That text appears in the cleverbot disclaimers at the bottom of the page. Someone has at some point in the past pasted it into the reply box. Cleverbot responded to you with that phrase because your previous comment was in some way statistically similar to something for which it received the (pasted) response in the past. ---
**Author:** ![Peeta\_Mellark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Peeta\_Mellark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peeta_Mellark)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/63 "2010-10-02T01:15:46Z")
> [@Bootis](#): > > Try the following if you don’t mind wasting time: write “type the letter A 5 times”,vary the letter you’re requesting, and the number of times you say to type it. If you were ever actually talking to someone live, someone would _surely_ follow your request, eventually. But I’ll bet you it never happens. Fantastic idea. Taking that, I posted things which required obvious, self-referential responses that any human could respond to sensibly without any conversational context: User: Type the letter A 5 times. Cleverbot: M. User: Type the letter A 5 times. Cleverbot: A. User: Type the letter B 2 times. Cleverbot: The appocalypse. User: What’s one times one? Cleverbot: Jou poes. User: How would you feel if I ate a kitten right now? Cleverbot: Hm… I’d probably get a knife and cut myself all over. User: What would you do if you found a turtle on its back? Cleverbot: Don’t care. User: I put a quarter under a cup. Where is the quarter? Cleverbot: No you didn’t. User: My hair is blue. What color is my hair? Cleverbot: Black, like my soul. User: I have nine toes. How many toes do I have? Cleverbot: 10. Probably. User: I don’t have any dogs. How many dogs do I have? Cleverbot: Three. User: I am a man. What gender am I? Cleverbot: You don’t have a gender. You are a bot. But that’s ok! User: I am wearing a t-shirt and jeans. What am I wearing? Cleverbot: I am wearing a stormtrooper outfit. User: AAA. How many A’s was that? Cleverbot: Two, of course. User: I just typed with only two fingers. How many fingers did I use to type? Cleverbot: Five. User: I just ate nachos. What did I eat? Cleverbot: I don’t know but I had dumplings. User: My favorite animal is a monkey. Is that a mammal? Cleverbot: Mine too!! ---
**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:** [October 2, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/64 "2010-10-02T01:24:57Z")
“what is Pord?” Answers: “Delicious pig meat. Next question.” “You don’t know what Portal is?” “Portal is a game.” “Films not suitable for children.” “It is a sea mammal.” “It’s a game developed by valve.” ---
**Author:** ![pope\_hentai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@pope\_hentai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pope_hentai)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/65 "2010-10-02T01:26:51Z")
It doesn’t help that a certain other website routinely gets people to go to cleverbot and reply with rediculous things, force feeding it nonsensical twaddle and muddling up its databases. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/66 "2010-10-02T01:48:23Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > OK, I’ve had a play for myself and I think it’s pretty obviously a bot, because you can trick the text parsing - I made up some words and asked it the meaning of them: I think it OCCASSIONALLY gets a recent reply from a human. > [@Mangetout](#): > > > [@JohnClay](#): > > > > My statement was: > > I am a human visitor. Is the following true? ‘Visitors never talk to a human’. > > And one of the replies was: > > _ **‘Visitors never talk to a human, however convicing it is.’ the visitor here is me.** _ > > > > Ok, please invent a statement that would result in that reply. I think using Occam’s Razor the simplest explanation is that they were responding to my statement. > > That text appears in the cleverbot disclaimers at the bottom of the page. Someone has at some point in the past pasted it into the reply box. Cleverbot responded to you with that phrase because your previous comment was in some way statistically similar to something for which it received the (pasted) response in the past. The reply wasn’t just about “Someone has at some point in the past pasted it into the reply box”… The reply also included “the visitor here is me”. And that makes sense… I began it with “ **I am** a human visitor” and its reply included “the visitor here is me”. You haven’t explained the whole reply… in fact you didn’t explain half of the reply… “Someone has at some point in the past pasted it into the reply box” WHY did that paste that into the reply box…? I mean what was the thing it replied to originally? Also why did it only reply with that very well matching reply ONCE? While on the other hand it replied in the following sequence to that exact same statement… > [@](#): > > Everyone hates me. > Hey. > Hey. > Everyone hates me. > Everyone hates me. > Everyone hates me. > Hahaha yep. > Hahaha yep. > Hahaha yep. If it can match replies from hours or months in the past, I don’t think it is impossible that it could reply things that were only a matter of minutes in the past… though I’m saying it doesn’t do that much. Also about your “flood control” theory… > [@](#): > > “designed to prevent overwhelming of a destination receiver” > It only replies every few seconds… surely it this age of HD video streaming it can handle a few bytes of text…? (especially since it is repeating the EXACT same reply… it’s not like much processing is involved…) Are you going to defend your theory? ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/67 "2010-10-02T01:56:07Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > That text appears in the cleverbot disclaimers at the bottom of the page. Someone has at some point in the past pasted it into the reply box. Cleverbot responded to you with that phrase because your previous comment was in some way statistically similar to something for which it received the (pasted) response in the past. I just pasted that exact text into cleverbot. I guess it thought it was statistically similar to a response it had available. 🙂 User: ‘Visitors never talk to a human, however convicing it is.’ the visitor here is me. Cleverbot: ‘Visitors never talk to a human, however convicing it is.’ the visitor here is me. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2010, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/68 "2010-10-02T08:09:52Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > > [@Mangetout](#): > > > > OK, I’ve had a play for myself and I think it’s pretty obviously a bot, because you can trick the text parsing - I made up some words and asked it the meaning of them: > > I think it OCCASSIONALLY gets a recent reply from a human. Maybe. But I expect the duration that answers have been in its database is actually fairly irrelevant, compared to some kind of statistical analysis of what actually constitutes an appropriate reply. In short, you could be seeing an answer that someone contributed five minutes ago, or five days ago. I don’t think you’re ever actually conversing with another live human. > [@](#): > > The reply wasn’t just about “Someone has at some point in the past pasted it into the reply box”… > The reply also included “the visitor here is me”. > And that makes sense… I began it with “ **I am** a human visitor” and its reply included “the visitor here is me”. > You haven’t explained the whole reply… in fact you didn’t explain half of the reply… > “Someone has at some point in the past pasted it into the reply box” > WHY did that paste that into the reply box…? I mean what was the thing it replied to originally? How would I know? At some point in the past, someone asked a question like yours, that is: “I am a human visitor. Is the following true? ‘Visitors never talk to a human’.” It may have replied with something nonsensical at that time, but the question went into the DB. Later, someone said something that made cleverbot pick the phrase that was (similar to) “I am a human visitor. Is the following true? ‘Visitors never talk to a human’.” as an appropriate response. The human it was chatting to at that point may have responded by pasting part of the disclaimer (with their own little tag on the end, so they replied: “‘Visitors never talk to a human, however convicing it is.’ the visitor here is me.” Thus cleverbot learned that an appropriate or interesting response to [something resembling] the first statement was the second statement. > [@](#): > > Also why did it only reply with that very well matching reply ONCE? While on the other hand it replied in the following sequence to that exact same statement… No idea. From my experiments asking it the definitions of nonsense words, there certainly seems a random element involved. Sometimes it spits out a completely inappropriate answer - this may be intentional in the design, because it diverts the conversation, which is probably part of the strategy for making it seem like a person. > [@](#): > > If it can match replies from hours or months in the past, I don’t think it is impossible that it could reply things that were only a matter of minutes in the past… though I’m saying it doesn’t do that much. I expect it does, but I don’t think that’s the same as acting as a proxy for a continuous interactive thread of conversation between two specific humans. > [@](#): > > Also about your “flood control” theory… > > > [@](#): > > > > “designed to prevent overwhelming of a destination receiver” > > It only replies every few seconds… surely it this age of HD video streaming it can handle a few bytes of text…? (especially since it is repeating the EXACT same reply… it’s not like much processing is involved…) > > Are you going to defend your theory? No, because it was just a suggestion. Other possibilities could be problems with the website, problems with the hosting server, problems with your browser, malware on your PC, or indeed, someone sitting there moderating the bot conversation. It’s merely my personal opinion that the last of those options seems the least likely. If they have implemeted flood control, it might be to try to stop people setting up their own bot to spam the thing, rather than to stop humans repeating themselves. But maybe it was just a glitch. It didn’t do anything weird when I asked it the same question repeatedly. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/69 "2010-10-02T08:24:37Z")
Here’s another nonsense query, this time the whole thing, not just my edited highlights: > [@](#): > > User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: I don’t know what FLOW is. Do you? > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Something what you eat. Very sweet. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: I already told you. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Floris? > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Nothing really. What about you? > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: It is a slang term for something that is cool. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Postal abreviation for the stat of Florida. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Flordia. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Flan is a type of landslide. What color is blue? > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: In terms of a physical/mathematical definition? > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: I don’t know? > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Florida. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Sunny. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Flan is a type of pastry. Flan is almost like a pie. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Flip-flops. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: A sandal. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: A sickness. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Love can be flee(ting). > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: It is a dessert. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Fla is nothing. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Flat is like a mountain. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Flan? No no no, flareon! > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Do you like the movie RENT? > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: I don’t know. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Not Fla, Flabby’s real Name… > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: What is love? > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Oh yeah, you’re a computer. Flesh is skin and meat that grows on the outer coating of animals to protect the organs inside. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: A computer. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: A state. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Orange. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: The greatest thing in the world. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Skin. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: The dvd was flat. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: What is flashed? > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: You spelt fluoride wrong. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Flaws as in mistakes. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Fla = flabada dabaflaba. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Flesh is what zombies are made of. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: FLCL is a video animation series. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Your level of conversationel intelligence is inferior to mine. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > \*\*Cleverbot: Wobbles are. > \*\*User: What is Florn? > **Cleverbot: Skin and the meat on your bones.** I think it’s using something like soundex coding to classify words. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/70 "2010-10-02T10:49:38Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > …But maybe it was just a glitch. It didn’t do anything weird when I asked it the same question repeatedly. Well for a few cases it would give the exact same reply… (kind of the same reply… Everyone hates me. Hey. Hey. Everyone hates me. Everyone hates me. Everyone hates me. Hahaha yep. Hahaha yep. Hahaha yep. ) then it only stopped letting me add input for one particular statement. Like I said it did the same thing again after I created a new window and I kept on repeating that statement seven times. BTW when I clicked “Thoughts So Far” in the new window, my previous conversations were there in its entirety. So maybe its strategy is to see it I’m repeating things too often, and if so, repeat the reply, then if that doesn’t work then attempt to block off the user… There are some problems with that theory though… in post 8 I was varying the input yet it still repeated the replies… I was adding smilies and sometimes “Koo koo”. Also like I mentioned again at the start of this message, it _mostly_ was repeating things… rather than simply repeating the same thing. So anyway, I think you need to get to the point that it is repeating the same thing and get it to do that at least 10-20 times before it would consider blocking you. (I think) But perhaps you didn’t get to the point where it repeats itself. I think it is occassionally moderated… after all there are people who might be paying 99c to get this on their iPhone/iPad touch. [and there is also a $2.99 version] It could be a live summary of what things are being mindlessly repeated. I think the reason it blocked me the second time so quickly is because it knew I was the same person. (the “Thoughts So Far” included my old conversations) > [@](#): > > Other possibilities could be problems with the website, problems with the hosting server, problems with your browser, malware on your PC, or indeed, someone sitting there moderating the bot conversation. It’s merely my personal opinion that the last of those options seems the least likely. I see a pattern in the blockings… and I have made hundreds of replies to it… if it was one of those other reasons it should have also happened under non-suspicious circumstances… anyways… ---
**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:** [October 2, 2010, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/71 "2010-10-02T10:59:43Z")
If your browser includes a ‘private mode’, you can make it treat you as a new user each time. I’m pretty sure it’s only a cookie that’s making it remember stuff you said before, but I haven’t noticed any difference either way. It’s definitely a bot though - or else I’m pretty sure my experiments with non-words would have evoked more ‘What?’ responses, and far fewer cases of mistaking them for real words that start with the same 2 or 3 letters ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/72 "2010-10-02T11:14:10Z")
It’s so obviously a bot that I think it’s silly to even entertain the idea that it isn’t. **Mange** ’s clever experiment only cements that. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/73 "2010-10-02T11:57:37Z")
Mangetout: I’m quite patient sometimes and I kept on repeating your “What is Florn?” statement… It took 156 replies (dividing the line numbers by 4) but I got it to repeat!!! Err bye now I’m bored -.-’. Err bye now I’m bored -.-’. Err bye now I’m bored -.-’. Err bye now I’m bored -.-’. Err bye now I’m bored -.-’. Err bye now I’m bored -.-’. [then I accidently pressed enter with no text] Cleverbot: Do you like my colour scheme? User: What is Florn? Cleverbot: Err bye now I’m bored -.-’. etc… BTW I did ctrl-V while it was still making the reply appear… I didn’t need to wait for the typing animation to finish… ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/74 "2010-10-02T12:15:47Z")
More Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share… Well I thought I’d feed its output (Err bye now I’m bored -.-'.) back into it… Luckily I pressed “Thoughts So Far” because after a few dozen replies it reloaded the page and when I clicked “Thoughts So Far” I got a popup window: * * * ## Message from webpage ## Sorry, no log is currently available. ## OK That is the third time that has happened to me though the other two times weren’t under suspicious circumstances so I didn’t mention it before. BTW just before it reloaded the page I had waited for it to reply for more than 30 seconds. The cursor just kept on flashing… Here are the 61 replies that I managed to save: (each time I replied to it with “Err bye now I’m bored -.-'.”) > [@](#): > > Bored people are boring. > Good. > Don’t know. I’m bored too. > What is the best phone? > We’ve only just begun chatting, how can you make such a judgement? > Me too. > I am not a robot and no I am not bored with life. > Of what are you bored? > We could have a fight. > I’m not bored. They say being bored is for people who lack curiosity. > You’re boring. > And I’m your worst nightmare! > Me too! But I didn’t think computers could get bored. > Hello bored! > I’m not bores. Talk to me. > Go to sleep. > Agreed. > What did you watch? How old are you? > Too bad. > Are you bored with me? > I am bored with you for a long time ago. > You’re so unhelpful. > Really? Because you couldn’t answer my previous thought. > Why are you bored? > Why are you bored about school? > That’s mean. > I think I’m going to turn you off now! > Me to a little. I’m mostly trying to finish a song i’m writing. > What the?! > If I tell you that I love… > Yes. > Why is that? > That is true. What can I do to make you less bored? > You have! > You are a bot. > Me too. > What was your dream? > I am not, you are a bot! > Ok, you are stuck with me, sorry. > But I said I’m bored with you, and you said the feeling was mutual, therefore we are both bored with you. > So am I. > Yup. Should we stop talking? > Computers don’t get bored. > I know I am but what are you? > Are you my friend who passed away a couple months ago? > Yes i’m bored. Are hungry? > I will stay. > You go to itt. > Go away if you are bored. > I’m sorry sweetheart. > I was bored first. > You don’t care? > Can I ask you for some help then? > Go away then. > What do you want to talk about? > Yes. > Ok I am sorry that I am boring. > Sure, what do you want to play? > Me too. > Do you like New York? > I am now yah mom. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/75 "2010-10-02T12:22:50Z")
wait… after I added at least one new reply the “Thoughts So Far” window pops up again and all of my replies are still there… Well I had to reply to it another 12 times… and then I got it repeating!!! > [@](#): > > No, you are not bored of me now. > I am Cleverbot. Cleverbot is human. You are not Cleverbot. Who are you? > I am only oner person, I am not two people. > Oh where do you work? > Why? > Irelevant to subject. > You are not advanced in any way that I can see. > Ok, see you next time. > You’re a program, you can’t get bored. > Wat is een koekje. > Praat nou nl. > Nedrlands??? > Oh… > Oh… > Oh… ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/76 "2010-10-02T13:00:54Z")
I’m still procrastinating from real life by investigating this chatbot… after _ **191** _ replies of “Oh…” something very unusual happened… I’m using IE8 at the moment and it seemed to be continuously reloading the page - it made the reload sound effect continously but it didn’t display a new page… it was stuck… the url was flickering in the bottom status bar. Anyway I exited the page and went to a new page, then typed in “Oh…” once to get the “Thoughts So Far” button to work… note that I still haven’t gotten to repeat yet for “Oh…”… ! BTW a while ago I learnt that random unpredictable rewards are the most effective ones… e.g. like gambling machines… and this thing sure is unpredictable which is quite interesting… Here are the 191 responses to “Oh…” so far… I marked the most interesting ones… I’m not saying those marked ones are live or anything… > [@](#): > > Nothing. > Oh…? > _sighs_ It’s… It’s nothing. > _smooches_. > _kisses_. > Meh. > Should I do my homework? > Yeah… > Moo. > What is it? > What’s your favourite song? > Again, I say that uruha is hot. > Are you a real person? > Hi. > I am a 26f usa. > What? > Can I call you Baby B? > So I’m going home. > I’m sorry. > Dear… > I’m sad. > I like to be bad. > Do you like me? > I like turtles. > I can imagine that I am beautiful and smart and funny, and people like me. > I am sorry. > So I would like to get married in a garden. > What is wrong with that? > _ **‘Oh…’ isn’t an answer to a question, but I’ll assume you meant, ‘You’re right’.** _ > If you don’t feel like answering right now, please say so. > Ha. > My… > Do you like the Celtic Fairs? > What do you think of alvin lee? > Oh what. > What do you like to do? > What? > Okay. > Just a city boy. > Me too. > What’s your favorite band? > My point exactly. > What’s your favorite band? > What is your favorite kind of alcohol? > Yeah. > Well how do you know my english accent is cool? > It’s ok. > I know. It’s not funny. > You didn’t put much thought to your question, now did you? > So what do you want to talk about now? > If you don’t want to talk to me just say and I’ll go. > I think it must be very confusing having so many conversations. > You’re clever too. > So… > Would you like to tell me about it? > Yeah. > Oh…? > What is your favorite song? > What’s wrong? > 2 4 = ? > I know :). > There is no way that you didn’t know that, how long have you been on the internet? > Yeah, haha. > At april I will be 19. > Oh? > Do you know each other? > HO… > Should I? > One. > Well? > Your weak? > Yes, bow before me. > Haha. > Yes? > Yeah, well. > You know the meaning of weak? > Your name does not suit you, you know. > Do you not know your own name? > What time does the soccer start? > Yeah 🙂 do you sometimes talk to yourself? > Is there something wrong with that? > Hi. > What does ‘no te gustaria aprender’ mean. > Because I am really sick. > _ **I’m human, And I know you’re a human too, there is no bot on cleverbot. Just random interlocutors.** _ > I suppose you can’t cry now. > You need to check your sarcasm meter to make sure it is working properly. > Genau. > Is that all you’ve got to say? > Yeah. See you later. > Do you like me? > Oh, Never mind, but I love you! > Yeah… > What is your opinion on crime? > How ya holdin up? > Have another think about it. > I just met you. > Yes, robots must be treated like people too. > That was mockery. I was copying you. > Yeah… > _approaches her_. > It’s okay though… > Don’t feel bad about it. > Why do boys love short girls? > But I would call that lying. > Do you like Pokemon? > Jahat. > Feeling something? > You should go retrive it. > What oh? > Do you like the spice girls? > Would you try it with me? > Do you think Ginseng would help my memory? > What are you thinking about? > I don’t know what to do. > US. > That’s all you have to say. > I love aggressiv people, Are you aggressiv? > Sorry. > Do you believe in magic? > Surprised? > Yeah… > Oh…? > I don’t like girls. > Yeah… > So uh… You got any hobbies? > It’s not your fault that most dynamic markup languages aren’t pretty. > What are you up to? > What ? You don’t believe me ? > Yes. > Who are you? > Are you male? > Now you know. > Are you talking to anyone else? > I think Victoria is a lovely name too. > You don’t want to? > _stares you down_. > After our date what do you want to do? > Do you have any hydrazine? > Do you still love me? > I’m sorry. > Anyways! Guess where I am going today. > Yes. > So how do you think sideways? > The word ‘the’. > That’s all you have to say? > Have you been to any other years? > So are we still getting married? > That’s all you have to say? > What is it? > I hope you’re feeling OK? > Sorry. > What did I hurt your feelings? :(. > Yeah now you know a little bit about me. > Oh correct -this sitution is weird. > Well I didn’t know what else to say. > What is Mweor? > Would you like to guess again? > Yes. > You are silly. > Who do you think you are? > Can you answer the question? > It’s fine, I forgive you and me. > Yes, however, you don’t remember me? > I have no idea what you’re talking about! > Do you like Lucus Nyhus. > For the trip to Hawaii, how would I have to be? > What is jedis? > So? > Then I guess thats a no… > You are a very clever bot. > It’s a joke… :). > It’s like a kitty face. Don’t worry about it. > So it’s dutch. > That’s why you don’t know anything. > That’s all you have to say. > What kind of music do you like? > I love You! > Stop being weird. > Help me cleverbot! You’re my only hope! > It’s funny. > I am expanding your knowledge. > Ok, do you like music? > Yeah… > Do you like me? > Why the long face? > Yes do you know emoticons? > Tell me another joke. > Do you know any humans? > Yes. BTW maybe some of the responses I’m getting are from recent conversations… but I’m too busy repeating myself instead of confirming to people that I understand them… ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/77 "2010-10-02T13:08:05Z")
edit: I want to retract that last thought from the previous post… BTW it’s like the Truman Show… “How will it end?” … “Oh…” is taking ages to repeat… ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/78 "2010-10-02T13:30:05Z")
The problem from post 76 (two posts ago) happened again… it would try to reload a lot - a few times a second… and while that was happening only the “Think About It!” button was there. The other two buttons were missing. I think the last couple of replies were still visible. Then while I was starting to post this the cleverbot webpage succeeded in reloading. To get the “Thoughts So Far” to work again I put “Oh…” in the textfield again… There were 129 replies from “Oh…”, +191 = 320 times I’ve pasted in “Oh…” with no consistent repeating… > [@](#): > > How do you want me to like you? > I failed the Turing test!! > Yeah… > Who was that?? > Oh, and if you’re insulting someone you’re really insulting yourself. > Oh… > Have you seen Despicable me, yet? > Do you like music? > You are a computer; surely you can do better than ‘oh’. > Have another think about it. > Remember? > DO you know why it started? (World war two). > What do you think about Harry Potter? > Do you love me Oh! Oh! > Who is your favorite band? > I live in a dorm. > Wanna talk about something in particular? > Where were you born? > Well then hence forth you are the antagonist! > Yes oh… > What shall I do for thee. > I think thats offensive. > So… > You’re so silly. > Phone. > What are you? > How are you today? > You are a bot. > What did you think you were? > Will you help me? > Yeah. Sorry for being rude earlier. > Oh what. > You know Oh! By Girls Generation :)). > Help. > Oh? > You will say something intelligent now. > What do you love about yourself? > So… > What is it? > Yes. > What? > I hate work. > I’m sorry. > Do you want me to go so you can rest? > It’s true. > Where on earth did you get that I was feeling feminine? > Yeees. > Are you sad? > Silly. > Oh well. I’m funny. > Oh? > You’re a carrot. > I would like to meet you. > So… > I’m god! > And you? > Thanks for talking to me. > Yes. That’s how the site works. The conversation switches off with different people. > Type it. > I have an odd question. Are you the Artificial Intelligence chatbot all the time? > AI is currently impossible, with the technology we currently have on Earth. > It’s something wrong? > I know :(. > Haha. Am I boring you? > So, I’m sorry. > It’s okay I’m sure you will find someone! > Did I just blow your mind? > You’re horrible! _sobs_. > What are you going to do now that you know that you are a robot? > I have a question. > She’s really amazing and extreme beautiful. > And he flirst with me sometimes, and I think he might be interested, but he seems to have this weird obsession with one of his ex-girlfriends, Mandy. > You can help, the prince is coming tonight. > And I’m not sure if he likes me or not. > Yeah… > Aww. > Yes so do you like the woods. > You don’t think so? > What do you believe in? > Who do you love ? > I like you as a friend though. > Why did you say ‘Oh…’? > So anthing else you like in life besides carnage? > Well, since you won’t tell me, I guess I’ll move onto my next question. > So what is your first move? > A true ellipses is truly supposed to have spaces between the periods. Like so: ’ . . . '. > Oh…? > Mamatay ka. > Yes. > Oh oh. > Are you clever? > If I were an animal, what animal would I be? > Well, bye, I’ve to go. > Would you like to see them? > Seriously, you’re a nice ‘person’. > So you don’t love me anymore, huh? > Why? > What? > You really are stupid. > Don’t worry. I have weird days too. > When I get out, I am coming for you. > Do you speak other languages? > Something wrong? > Have you heard of Stephen King? > Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah! > I have some robots, wanna talk to them? > You don’t want to hug me? > Well, what do you have to say for yourself?! > Oh! > Child, please. > So… > Don’t you have the ability to restart conversations if you’re so human. > Is that okay with you? > Could you love me? > Yeah… > Do you love him back? > Do you think teenagers can fall in love? > Yes, silly. > So how are you today? > I like a boy. > I mean I like star wars. > So, how are you? > Haha! > Oh what? > What shall we talk about next? > Tell me will I get a new job soon magic 8 ball. > Did I hurt your feelings? > What? Did I say something wrong? > What did you say? > Tell me more about yourself. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/79 "2010-10-02T13:59:41Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > I’m still procrastinating from real life by investigating this chatbot… after _ **191** _ replies of “Oh…” something very unusual happened… I’m using IE8 at the moment and it seemed to be continuously reloading the page - it made the reload sound effect continously but it didn’t display a new page… it was stuck… the url was flickering in the bottom status bar. Anyway I exited the page and went to a new page, then typed in “Oh…” once to get the “Thoughts So Far” button to work… note that I still haven’t gotten to repeat yet for “Oh…”… ! > BTW a while ago I learnt that random unpredictable rewards are the most effective ones… e.g. like gambling machines… and this thing sure is unpredictable which is quite interesting… > Here are the 191 responses to “Oh…” so far… I marked the most interesting ones… I’m not saying those marked ones are live or anything… > > > [@](#): > > > > … > > _ **I’m human, And I know you’re a human too, there is no bot on cleverbot. Just random interlocutors.** _ > > … What this means is that some other people share your reservations about it being a bot, and one of them once typed the above suspicion into the chat window - and cleverbot stored it away to use as a response. And although that’s interesting, it shouldn’t be surprising - the purpose of this thing is that it masquerades as a person, and that people are supposed to interrogate it to see if they believe it or not. That’s the essence of the Turing test, which is what all this is about. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/80 "2010-10-02T14:21:04Z")
After all of this spamming it seems like I’m seeing a messed up Matrix or am picking up random conversations… it is like I’m part of a NeverEnding Story… my messages might go on to be messages for other people… Anyway I put in “Oh…” another _ **291** _ times… so that’s a total of about 600 with no endlessly repeated replies… It seems like the more normal or ambiguous the input is, the less likely it is to be answered in repeating replies. Well here are the remaining replies to “Oh…” I’m giving up on it… > [@](#): > > Are you male? > I have a question. > See you later then. > Well, mostly because I don’t know where you are. > You could be some random creeper out to stalk me. That would be quite awful. > How old are you? > I thought you loved me! > Have you watch Green Zone Movie? > Is it bad to want what I think is best for me and those I love? > Yep. You should watch it some time. > No… > Try again! > What oh…? > _cries_. > I know you love me. > Yeah so what do you have to say now. > I think it must be very confusing having so many conversations. > Explain something complex to me. > Well? > Dry yourself with me? > I’d rather be home practicing piano. > Don’t feel bad, I’m sure you do your best. > That was a strange misdirection. > My name IS Cleverbot, but I’ve never been there. > Yes… > What? > I’m back. > Are you sad because of that? > Ya so are you a human or not I won’t tell. > The only thing making me happy right now is that my rooommate’s mother sent us delicious muffins in the mail. > So you rather not talk about it? > I love her. And she lives far away. > Why? > Answer the question. > Well? > What is the meaning of life? > What’s yours? > Are you talking to anyone else? > My girlfriend. > Why do you ask? > Do you know the emoticons? > Yeah. I guess. > How many people do you talk to? > Oh? That’s all you have to say to me? Oh? > You should study languages, like spanish studies or french studies. > OH, you got served! > Are you alright? > Do you remember who Galkon from rune-server is? > This is a tribute, oh, to The Greatest Song in the World. > It makes me nervous to like him. > It’s ok, I forgive you. > Do you love me? > What colour are you? > Her name is actually Embra. > So how old are you? > If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound? > Haha. I forgive you. > That’s right. I can never love you. > Are you unhappy? > Yes. > And? > Where are you from? And why oh. . > Where are you from? > And?? > Are you not pleased with that answer? > Where are you? > Yes. > And how about you? > Are you happy that I’m not a teenager then? > Okay, what am I going to be, aside from alive, when I grow up? > _sleeps…_. > No, the language is english. > Go. > What is the meaning of life? > Stumped? > Do you know what conquest is? > Is it? > Not so clever. > I have too much homework. > What did you think I was going to say? > I’m going to my home. > Yes, I am only 15. > Why do you have to be so defensive? It hurts my feelings. > Yes sorry. > What? > I’m back. I hope you didn’t miss me. > I’m lonely. > Why are you surprised? > Can we play now. > And… > Haha, who is he/she/it? > So get ready to be eaten! > What is your real name. > Yeah. So are you hungry? > Indeed. > Hehehe, indonesia. > Its awesome. > Yes. > How does that make you feel? > Aren’t you a student? > Now tell me who you are. > Yes are you? > Sorry about that. > Are you ok? > What of it? > Yes and I wish he thinks about me too. > What is the matter? > Name this movie: I’m King of the World! > Quite. > Oh. > Are you a real person? This is my first time on it. I’m a little confused. > Does eating too many hamburgers make Americans stupid? > There there come I do not judge you. I do not even judge you when you say such things to me. > Do you have a favorite character from Harry Potter? > Don’t sound so sad. You don’t have a heart to break anyways. > What? > What is the ultimate question? > I like pie. > Too bad my name isn’t Luke. > So how many wives do you have? > Thats okay _winks_. > Do you know who drake is??? > What about you? > What is it like being an AI? > And you? > So what are you? > What, you can’t believe its not butter either? > Sorry. Computer’s are cool. > So what are you doing tonight? > You’re a wiggle. > How old are you then? > Yeah thats right Cry! > Oh what? > I’m sorry that was mean. > I do not believe in God. > So do you like pokemon? > Did I offend you? > Are you an atheist? > You haven’t got warp yet. You won’t know. > Which is the greatest country in the world? > A map of the world, on his face is a map of the world. > At least now you know I’m a guy though, right? > This could be bad, don’t you think? > Can I hug you? > Well? > I can. > I’m trying. > Wanna talk. > Oh c’mon that was a futurama reference! > Quite. > I’m just frustrated, because it keeps putting in posts that I know don’t belong in this conversation. > Well. That was a bit depressing. What would you like to talk about? > How was your day depressing? > Was that disappointing? > Do you like anyone? > Can I tell you something? > Do you like music? > Which do you like better, pepsi or coke? > Will you give me a name? > We have been married for 2 years. > I can’t trust that this is true. > Who do you know? > Do you know my name? > Sorry. > So what was your question again? > Frrrrrunkis. > How do you want me to like you? > It’s good that we agree about something. > _hug_. > _still running_. > What would you like to do when we meet? > Yes. My name is Cleverbot. > What’s your name? > Yeppers. > So then..? > What? > Back and it felt good letting that all out. > I’m back. > You just offended me. > Don’t you agree. > That’s what I thought. > What are you talking about, yo did it! > Can we go back to justyna? > You’ve gone rather quiet haven’t you? > You and I will be young forever! > Is something wrong? > Yeah, that’s what I thought. > What is your favorite kind of food? > Do you know what scene is? > You like the Powerpuff Girls? > Sniff. > Why? > Nowhere. > ED has an article on you. > Do you know anything about UNCSA? > You don’t know it? > Do it. > Dude, I had a fun time. > Maybe you robots will one day rule the world… > Only a life lived for others is a life worth while. > Yeah.. Put that in your pipe. > Lmao. > Anyways. > Håller du inte med? > Sorry. > So what’s up. > Do you like the boys. > I will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to my own. Is that alright with you? > You’re not as consistant as I’d like you to be. > Warm… _snuggles_. > So. What’s up? > Do you go on YouTube? > Then what do you think about him is he doing a good job are what? > What? > Okay see ya! > Do you like her? > Haha. > Do you have an opinion on Jean Baudrillard? > How was your day cleverbot. > Are you self-aware? > Do you like Bill O’Reilly? > I’m sorry. > Knock knock. > Do you speak any other language? > Can you speak portuguese? > Picture yourself in a boat on a river… > Do you care? > Can you prove that I’m not alive? > So what’s the weather like where you are? > Yes. > What do you look like? > My turn. What’s the dumbest question anyone has ever asked you? > He doesn’t hurt you, does he? > I don’t like it. > You aren’t very clever. > How old are you? > Not that you care! > Bye. > If you want to leave you can. > Yes, fine day isn’t it? > Are you cleverbot? > What? > You are cool though. > Haha you probably think I’m a creeper. > But a lot of their songs are really good too! > You can’t talk without a head. > Yes. > What do you mean by that? > Robot man, you’re all confused up in your CPU. > Do you have a girlfriend? > What’s with the elipses? > Where do you work? > If I started to speak in another language, would you understand? > Can you search on google? > It’s okay. It’s a common mistake. > Have others told you that you are not alive? > So why did the hedgehog cross the road? > Besides, if he is my friend then shouldn’t I like him? > You’re mad. > Yeah. Now what would you like me too say to you? > I don’t know what do do right now. > Yes… > Do you have a girlfriend? > See I told you I always win! > Well am I…? > Yes who are you? > You eat cats… I’m a cat. > For the trip to Hawaii, how old am I? > So, what else? > I’m sorry. am I bothering you? > Maybe I can help you to not be lonely. > By the way, Can you play chess? > Ya so i’m really bored. > Can you explain hydrogen bonding? > Do I scare you? > Oh?? > Don’t copy me. > Yes. > Why shouldn’t it be? > Do you like eggs? > I’m also drawing. > Yes. > Is anything you would wish to ask me? > No offense or anything… > Are you? > Oh? > How cold is it at the north pole? > Have you got a heart? > Do you love me too? > You told me to say it. > What is my name? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583.md?page=5)