Perhaps we will soon see a triumphant publication with the title "Ilias Lazaridis - the ELIZA of the 21st century. A milestone towards the perfect Turing test" ;)
I've got to admit that for a large proportion of the time interacting (if that is the word) with him I thought I was the butt of a clever AI joke. I've finally come to the conclusion that there is a real, if seriously dysfunctional, person behind the communications.
If I knew more about the AI subject arena AND had more time on my hands I'd try to write an IlliasBot to see how far I got before I was found out. But I'm way too busy, so someone else will have to do it. I just hope they do it in Python or Ruby so that these languages get more publicity.
Stephen -- Stephen Kellett Object Media Limited http://www.objmedia.demon.co.uk RSI Information: http://www.objmedia.demon.co.uk/rsi.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
