Mon, 13 Jun 2005
Once upon a time, there was a little neurosurgeon.
He was very
successful at what he did, mostly because in school, he studied very
very hard, and excelled at his chosen profession. As a result though,
he didn't have much time to socialize, and grew very lonely.
One day, the little neurosurgeon was reading an article in one
of his favourite publications, "Advanced Neuropsychology Today For Fun
and Profit", about how the field of Artificial Intelligence has been
making great strides in the area of creating systems that are more and
more adept and communicating in a way that seems natural to humans.
This gave him an idea: Why not construct a natural looking artifical
person?
Why not indeed. The little neurosurgeon researched and studied.
He experimented and schemed. He invented and planned. Until eventually
he constructed the first prototype for a new era. An era where no one
need never be alone or in need ever again.
And with only the humming of the electronics of his work room as
fanfare, he turned on the prototype. The prototype looked around, saw
the neurosurgeon, and said hello.
A success! The neurosurgeon jumped for joy. They had a brief
conversation, and it seemed to respond naturally enough, and move
naturally enough. All was well. Time moved on however, and the
prototype eventually got bored talking with the neurosurgeon who still
had not developed any significant social skills. And so it left,
leaving the neurosurgeon alone again. The neurosurgeon decided to build
instead a robot kitty to keep him company, which worked well enough,
until he forgot to feed it, and it short-circuited from hunger and ate
his head.
THE END
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