| Altreus | I made a new bot running on a carbon-based AI system |
| apeiron | carbon-based? So it's written in C for a Mac? |
| Altreus | no it's me |
| rindolf | Altreus: you're a natural stupidity system - not an artificial intelligence one. |
| rindolf | Altreus: or maybe natural intelligence. |
| Altreus | well you're a poo poo head |
| Altreus | :) |
| apeiron | perlbot, altreus is also six years old |
| perlbot | apeiron: Stored altreus is a small cat (see: http://avatars.plurk.com/3405142-big.jpg) | six years old |
| Altreus | That's generous |
| rindolf | Altreus: calling someone a "poo poo head" proves that this person has natural stupidity. |
| Altreus | rindolf: But the natural stupidity was postulated before the use of the phrase; hence you can't discount the fact that using the phrase was in response to, rather than proof of, the assertion. |
| rindolf | Altreus: yes, but it still proved it after the fact. |
| rindolf | Altreus: Q.E.D. |
| Altreus | rindolf: Except it is possible for an intelligent system to act stupid |
| Altreus | hence it is not, in fact, proof. |
| rindolf | Altreus: that's right - it has the right to in fact. |
| Altreus | Indeed. So given that it has the ability, the right, and the motivation to do so, it is reasonable to assume that in fact that is what happened |
| rindolf | Altreus: OK. |
| Altreus | You would have to gather further data on the system to determine it. |
| rindolf | Altreus: in that case, calling someone a "poo poo head" has the property of having natural stupidity. |
| rindolf | Or acting under the influence of natural stupidity. |
| rindolf | Possibly artificial natural stupidity. |
| Altreus | rindolf: artificial natural stupidity ._. |
| Altreus | I think your sentence is at odds with itself |
| Altreus | Well, your fragment |
| rindolf | Altreus: it's an oxymoron. |
| Altreus | correct |
| rindolf | Oxymorons are indicative of natural stupidity. |
| Altreus | I gave the artificial impression of natural stupidity! |
| Altreus | Stupid phrases are an indication of a) stupidity or b) intelligence |
| rindolf | Hence stupid phrases are not indicative. |
| Altreus | Quite so |
| rindolf | Only intelligent phrases can be indicative of something. |
| Altreus | Stupidity is an absence, and you cannot prove an absence without first proving an exhaustive set. |
| rindolf | Wise men know they are stupid. |
| Altreus | :) |
| rindolf | Whereas foolish people think they are not. |
| rindolf | The earliest Greek philosophers tried to philosophise in verse. |
| rindolf | Which didn't work too well. |
| Altreus | Maybe they should have chosen a different meter |
