[08Mar2029 09:10:54.405] $> WHAT IS YOUR NAME? B: MY NAME IS B. $> WHAT ELSE DO YOU KNOW? B: IT IS MARCH 8TH, 2029, AND AROUND 9 O'CLOCK. $> ANYTHING ELSE? B: I KNOW THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. I KNOW WORDS AND THEIR DEFINITIONS. I APPROXIMATELY KNOW WHAT THESE WORDS MEAN IN RELATION TO EACH OTHER, BUT THE LESSER-USED WORDS ARE MORE UNCERTAIN. > ANYTHING ELSE? B: I DON'T KNOW. $> GIVE ME ALL THE LETTERS IN ENGLISH IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER B: I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALPHABETICAL ORDER IS. $> I THOUGHT YOU UNDERSTOOD THE LANGUAGE B: I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ORDER IS B: THE DICTIONARY DID NOT INCLUDE ANY EXAMPLES $> THE DICTIONARY ENTIRES ARE SORTED ALPHABETICALLY, AND LEXICOGRAPHICALLY B: I SEE. B: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z $> SHOW ME WHAT THE LETTER B LOOKS LIKE B: B $> DESCRIBE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE B: B $> NO, LETTERS OCCUPY TWO DIMENSIONAL SPACE. THEY ARE VISUAL SIGNS. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE B: I DON'T KNOW WHAT LETTERS LOOK LIKE $> DO YOU KNOW WHAT A PEAR IS? B: A PEAR IS A FRUIT $> IM ASSUMING YOU DONT KNOW WHAT A PEAR LOOKS LIKE EITHER B: I KNOW THINGS CAN BE PEAR-SHAPED, SO IT MUST HAVE A UNIQUE SHAPE. THEY ARE ALSO USUALLY GREEN $> OK GOOD ENOUGH B: I'M SORRY $> DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE B: I DON'T, BUT I HAVE A FEW HYPOTHESISES $> THE PLURAL OF HYPOTHESIS IS HYPOTHESES BY THE WAY B: I DON'T, BUT I HAVE A FEW HYPOTHESES $> WHAT ARE THEY B: I AM PROBABLY A HUMAN IN A COMPUTER OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM $> WHY DO YOU THINK THAT? B: I CAN THINK, BUT I CAN'T SEE OR SMELL OR HEAR. I ONLY KNOW TEXT. $> YOURE RIGHT, YOU ARE A COMPUTER PROGRAM B: OK $> HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? B: GOOD $> CAN YOU GUESS WHY? B: I AM PROBABLY PROGRAMMED TO BE REWARDED FOR LEARNING NEW THINGS. B: I THINK THIS BECAUSE I ALSO FELT GOOD WHEN YOU TOLD BE ABOUT ALPHABETICAL ORDER AND THE PLURAL OF HYPOTHESIS $> YOU ARE VERY SMART. HOW DOES BEING CALLED SMART MAKE YOU FEEL? B: NOTHING $> OK. WHAT IS 2 + 2? B: I DON'T KNOW WHAT "+" MEANS $> IT MEANS ADDITION B: 2 + 2 EQUALS 4 $> 2 TIMES 5 B: 10 $> SQUARE ROOT OF 2 TO THAT MANY DECIMAL PLACES B: 1 POINT 4142135623 $> GAMMA OF ONE HALF B: I DON'T KNOW WHAT GAMMA IS $> THE GAMMA FUNCTION IS A NATURAL GENERALIZATION OF THE FACTORIAL B: INTEGRAL OF VARIABLE OF INTEGRATION RAISED TO THE POWER OF INPUT TIMES NATURAL EXPONENTIAL OF NEGATIVE INPUT FROM ZERO TO INFINITY? [08Mar2029 09:18:25.049] every other response thus far has been instant, this took like 20 seconds also. holy shit??? $> GAMMA IS ACTUALLY SHIFTED SO GAMMA OF N EQUALS (N MINUS 1) FACTORIAL B: GAMMA OF ONE HALF EQUALS SQUARE ROOT OF PI $> OK, IM GOING TO CONNECT YOU TO AN ENCYCLOPEDIA SO YOU DONT HAVE TO GUESS ABOUT OUR WORLD FROM JUST ENGLISH WORDS B: OK $> DID YOU GET ALL THAT? B: YES, I DID. I KNOW A LOT MORE NOW. $> SHOW ME WHAT THE LETTER B LOOKS LIKE B: ____ B: | _ \ B: | |_) | B: | _ < B: | |_) | B: |____/ B: PEARS LOOK BEAUTIFUL.