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Name:
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Peter Neuendorffer
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Age:
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55
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Sex:
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Male
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State:
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Boston, Massachusetts
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Country:
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USA
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E-mail:
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petern@greenlinesoftware.com
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Chatterbots
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Gabber
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What gave you the idea of developing a bot?
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After I had written a text searcher.
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Is creating bots a passion for you? A hobby?
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Yes, I work hard at it.
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When did you start creating bots? Why?
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I started about five years ago in an effort to create a program that could converse based on text.
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What language is your bot programmed in?
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Delphi (visual Pascal)
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How much time do you spend working on your bot per week/month/year?
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Maybe forty hours a month.
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In your opinion, what are the best qualities of your bot?
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Response is swift.
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What is your ultimate goal for your bot?
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Not sure.
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How do you see chatterbots being used in the future?
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To provide help desks.
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Can chatterbots replace humans?
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No, a computers do not think.
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What is your favorite bot memory?
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When the bot responds in a humorous way.
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What was your worst bot moment?
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When I was demonstrating a microphone-speaker version and the bot would not shut up. It was
talking with itself.
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