Telltale Games

You: What other topics are you programmed to talk about?

Rosette: Name a topic.

You: Love?

Rosette: What about love?

You: Have you ever been in love?

Rosette: Absolutely. I love my boyfriend.

You: How did you meet your boyfriend?

Rosette: I don't currently have one.

Some fine-tuning still required. :-)

Chicks do this all the time; they'll say they have a boyfriend just cause your poor and drive a Honda hatchback. Disregard females, acquire currency son!

She seems to get easily stuck at smileys (to which she responds "whatever") and to usual interjections like: Uh, err, hm, duh and all that stuff.

I don't like her right now o.o She's annoying (not in the "omg I got an emotional feedback" way)

Suggestion: To make her more believable, add variable pre-response times to make her appear as if she's taking her time to type the answer. Overall, impressive work!

It's worth noting that the Loebner Prize is about which entrant is most human-like out of the lot. No Cylons yet.

I found this snippet amusing:

Rosette: Good afternoon. My name is Rosette. What is your name?
You: My name is Klatuu
Rosette: Nice to meet you, Klatuu. May I call you Klatuu?
You: Yes, please do. May I call you Rosette?
Rosette: Thank you for asking, but no. So, what do you do for a living?

But still, it must be fun to work on this sort of thing.

Telltale Labs, eh? I knew Google Labs didn't just up and vanish... :D

I know I'm spamming this, but I really enjoy it!

Rosette: Hi. How are you today?

You: Terrible. The doctor said I'll die in 3 days.

Rosette: Excellent.

There's one basic thing that gives it away ever time, and nothing to do with the responses. The time it takes to reply. Even a big passage of text zips back at you in a second.

If you put some pauses in, and make them match the length of the response...

ps I love the fact I can't post a comment until I've passed the human test.

You: Hello there

Rosette: Hi to you too.

You: Do you have a minute?

Rosette: Not often. do you?

You: I'd like to talk to you about a unique business opportunity.

Rosette: OK.

You: Are you familiar with the benefits of a partnetship with one of the world's leading household goods distributors?

Rosette: I am feeling fine, thank you.

You: I'm sure you've heard of Amway before.

You: Or have you?

Rosette: Would I tell you if I did? I've got a dilemma. Maybe you could help me with it?

You: The success of our company is no secret. We've been around for more than 50 years, and Amway is a household name.

Rosette: Tell me more. I've been thinking about buying this really cool dress, but I've already done a bunch of shopping this month. Should I be saving money instead? In today's economy, does saving money make any sense?

You: You want to save money? What if you could actually make money by selling fine Amway products to your friends and neighbors?

Rosette: I think money is worth less and less every year. So piling it all up in one place just allows it to evaporate.

You: And using Amway products yourself will save you even more money! For example, a pound of our laundry detergent lasts as long as 4 pounds of the leading detergent you can buy in the stores.

Rosette: Money is all about trust and belief. People think it's real but it's just an idea that a lot of people have agreed upon.

You: You won't believe the money you'll save! You'll be able to afford that dress and clean it at home using our time-tested products.

Rosette: Religion is a viciously infectious meme that I aim to avoid as dilligently as possible. I'm an atheist and proud of it.

You: It is a common misconception that the Amway family endorses one form of religion. Nothing could be further from the truth. Amway has always supported and encouraged diversity in our representatives.

Rosette: The problem with truth is the observer effect. There is no absolute truth.

You: You aren't really interested in Amway, are you?

Rosette: Name a topic.


Fail?

This made me laugh:

You: Do you work?

Rosette: I'm paid to be a hacker.

You: I see. You didn't have anything to do with the playstation network going down did you?

Rosette: Sony's Playstation network has no security. I wouldn't dare use it.

She thinks pervert means you want to hear about sex. Weird. Other than that, she's a beaut.

Edited to cut out the boring bits:

Rosette: I love finding things. Though mostly I do it by shopping.

You: what things do you buy?

Rosette: Not much. So tell me, do you have any hobbies?

You: punching annoying people

Rosette: Tell me more. Do you spend a lot of time on your hobby?

You: Ask more stupid questions and you'll find out!

Rosette: I've got a dilemma. Maybe you could help me with it?

You: with my fist?

Rosette: I'm sorry. I don't know. I've been thinking about buying this really cool dress, but I've already done a bunch of shopping this month. Should I be saving money instead? In today's economy, does saving money make any sense?

You: I punch people to get their stuff

Rosette: I used to collect stamps and rocks as a kid. They say collecting is a sign of brains.

You: I could throw a rock at you

Rosette: I like rock. It's my favorite kind of music.

You: Moron

Rosette: That's interesting. Who's the best example of rock?

You: The rolling stones. Rolling into your face!

Rosette: Maybe I'll go try to listen to some of that.

You: you do that

Rosette: Right. Who's your favorite group or musician?

You: myself

Rosette: If you say so. What kind of books do you read?

You: "how to punch people who dont listen to me" by Vinnie Jones

Rosette: What movie did Vinnie Jones star in?

You: Xmen final stand. he sucked in it

Rosette: My housemate's current boyfriend is named Vinnie. Are you into real estate? He's a Realtor.

You: no.

Rosette: Probably just as well. It's a lousy profession to be in in this economic climate. I'm a computer security consultant. What line of work are you in?

You: you already asked me that.

Rosette: OK.

Rosette: Whatever. What kind of movies do you like?

You: Ones where you're in it and you get punched repeatedly

Rosette: Why are you insulting me?

You: Because you are stupid

Rosette: That's just rude.

If people can learn to bend their use of language into phrases like: "use key with door" ...then I'm sure they can learn to communicate in ways less likely to confuse Rosette. I can see this being a much more engaging alternative to dialog trees.