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Date: 21 Mar 2007 20:31:13
From: A Clarke
Subject: It is time to come clean about Larry

All,

Thank you for taking part in our experiment. The person you know as Larry,
is in fact a sophisticated artificial intellegence program designed to pass
the Turing Test. The Turing Test was proposed in 1950 by Professor Alan
Turing to test a computers ability to engage in natural human conversation.
A computer program which passes this test would be indistinguishable from
speaking with another human being.

Larry is currently 20 Terabytes of code, rules and data, and uses a
sophisticated neural network to process information. Larry is unaware that
he is not real, and lives in what we have come to call a "construct" (after
the movie "The Matrix") which resembles a comfortable life in southern
California.

We modelled Larry after the brother of the Project Manager - who has
extensive mental and cognitive information available from several state
institutions, and who among other things is obsessed with golf. If Larry
seems a bit self-important, it was because we found that people mostly read
things on the web, and seldom write. We needed Larry to seek the center of
attention.

We continue to learn many things from Larry V4.0 and plan to keep him online
for an extended period. Please interact with him - like you would any
human - we felt that since Larry has passed the Turing Test that the public
should be made aware that he isn't real. Part of his programming will
prevent Larry from integrating the concept that he is a program into his
perception of reality (the construct).

Thank You,
A. Clarke

Date: 26 Mar 2007 23:24:47
From: Dene
Subject: Re: It is time to come clean about Larry

On 26, 8:39 pm, "bill-o" <assimil...@borg.org > wrote:
> On 26--2007, frank ross <f...@net.net> wrote:
>
> > Eric seems to be the only one to have kept his word about it.
>
> you know what they say: "12th time is the charm!" ;-)
>
> --
> bill-o
>

Actually, he never said goodbye this time. He just left. Hopefully
he'll return. He's a fun guy!

-Greg

Date: 25 Mar 2007 08:12:19
From:
Subject: Re: It is time to come clean about Larry

On 23, 1:11 pm, Bobby Knight <bkni...@conramp.net > wrote:
> On Fri, 23 2007 09:58:54 -0700, larry <l...@deldata.com>
> wrote:
>
> >On 23 2007 08:23:43 -0700, "The_Professor" <d...@att.net> wrote:
>
> >>On 21, 3:31 pm, "A Clarke" <ai.nos...@google.com> wrote:
>
> >>The long, ongoing version of "I got you under my skin"!
>
> >You guys are pathetic. Every thread should be entitled, "oh, well,
> >since I have nothing else to do....."
>
> >larry (outa here)
>
> If only.
> ___,
> \o
>

Date: 26 Mar 2007 15:17:24
From: frank ross
Subject: Re: It is time to come clean about Larry

Andrcom@aol.com wrote:
> On 23, 1:11 pm, Bobby Knight <bkni...@conramp.net> wrote:
>> On Fri, 23 2007 09:58:54 -0700, larry <l...@deldata.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 23 2007 08:23:43 -0700, "The_Professor" <d...@att.net> wrote:
>>>> On 21, 3:31 pm, "A Clarke" <ai.nos...@google.com> wrote:
>>>> The long, ongoing version of "I got you under my skin"!
>>> You guys are pathetic. Every thread should be entitled, "oh, well,
>>> since I have nothing else to do....."
>>> larry (outa here)
>> If only.
>> ___,
>> \o
>>

Date: 27 Mar 2007 04:39:41
From: bill-o
Subject: Re: It is time to come clean about Larry

On 26--2007, frank ross <fross@net.net > wrote:

> Eric seems to be the only one to have kept his word about it.

you know what they say: "12th time is the charm!" ;-)

--
bill-o

A "gimme" can best be defined as an agreement between
two golfers neither of whom can putt very well.

Date: 23 Mar 2007 08:23:43
From: The_Professor
Subject: Re: It is time to come clean about Larry

On 21, 3:31 pm, "A Clarke" <ai.nos...@google.com > wrote:

The long, ongoing version of "I got you under my skin"!

Date: 23 Mar 2007 09:58:54
From: larry
Subject: Re: It is time to come clean about Larry

On 23 2007 08:23:43 -0700, "The_Professor" <dbid@att.net > wrote:

>On 21, 3:31 pm, "A Clarke" <ai.nos...@google.com> wrote:
>
>The long, ongoing version of "I got you under my skin"!

You guys are pathetic. Every thread should be entitled, "oh, well,
since I have nothing else to do....."

larry (outa here)

Date: 23 Mar 2007 17:11:34
From: Bobby Knight
Subject: Re: It is time to come clean about Larry

On Fri, 23 2007 09:58:54 -0700, larry <larry@deldata.com >
wrote:

>On 23 2007 08:23:43 -0700, "The_Professor" <dbid@att.net> wrote:
>
>>On 21, 3:31 pm, "A Clarke" <ai.nos...@google.com> wrote:
>>
>>The long, ongoing version of "I got you under my skin"!
>
>You guys are pathetic. Every thread should be entitled, "oh, well,
>since I have nothing else to do....."
>
>larry (outa here)

If only.
___,
\o

Date: 21 Mar 2007 19:03:08
From: Steve H.
Subject: Re: It is time to come clean about Larry

On 21, 3:48 pm, "Ben." <komb...@yahoo.com > wrote:
> On 21, 3:24 pm, "Steve H." <stra...@eudoramail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 21, 4:31 pm, "A Clarke" <ai.nos...@google.com> wrote:
>
> > > All,
>
> > > Thank you for taking part in our experiment. The person you know as Larry,
> > > is in fact a sophisticated artificial intellegence program designed to pass
> > > the Turing Test. The Turing Test was proposed in 1950 by Professor Alan
> > > Turing to test a computers ability to engage in natural human conversation.
> > > A computer program which passes this test would be indistinguishable from
> > > speaking with another human being.
>
> > > Larry is currently 20 Terabytes of code, rules and data, and uses a
> > > sophisticated neural network to process information. Larry is unaware that
> > > he is not real, and lives in what we have come to call a "construct" (after
> > > the movie "The Matrix") which resembles a comfortable life in southern
> > > California.
>
> > > We modelled Larry after the brother of the Project Manager - who has
> > > extensive mental and cognitive information available from several state
> > > institutions, and who among other things is obsessed with golf. If Larry
> > > seems a bit self-important, it was because we found that people mostly read
> > > things on the web, and seldom write. We needed Larry to seek the center of
> > > attention.
>
> > > We continue to learn many things from Larry V4.0 and plan to keep him online
> > > for an extended period. Please interact with him - like you would any
> > > human - we felt that since Larry has passed the Turing Test that the public
> > > should be made aware that he isn't real. Part of his programming will
> > > prevent Larry from integrating the concept that he is a program into his
> > > perception of reality (the construct).
>
> > > Thank You,
> > > A. Clarke
>
> > RSG Post of the Decade!
>
> > Well... IMO anyway.
>
> > One things for sure, though: LLLarry's quest
> > for the sercet move is "NP Complete."
>
> > And so is his never-tiring-(to-him)-technique-of-posting-about-self-
> > improvement-while-at-the-same-time-sneaking-in-some-self-puffery-and-a-
> > general-put-down-of-others-then-crying-ad-hominem-attack-in-response-
> > to-the-expected-"whatever Larry"-while-garnering-one-or-two-friends-
> > along-the-lines-of-the-enemy's-enemy-is-my-friend-yawn-yawn.........
>
> Even-when-you-include-"yawn-yawn"-in-your-response-to-a-Larry-thread-
> you've-still-just-lost-and-contributed-to-his-success-on-stirring-up-
> the-RSG-pot-well-done.

Funny, though expected. and as always Ben, you're above it all :)

Actually, bud, when I was writing that I was thinking about you!

No shit... I know it's a little weird, and wasn't sending ya any love
or anything. I just thought, damn, if that don't sound like "Ben."

Date: 21 Mar 2007 19:00:33
From:
Subject: Re: It is time to come clean about Larry

Date: 21 Mar 2007 13:48:53
From: Ben.
Subject: Re: It is time to come clean about Larry

On 21, 3:24 pm, "Steve H." <stra...@eudoramail.com > wrote:
> On 21, 4:31 pm, "A Clarke" <ai.nos...@google.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > All,
>
> > Thank you for taking part in our experiment. The person you know as Larry,
> > is in fact a sophisticated artificial intellegence program designed to pass
> > the Turing Test. The Turing Test was proposed in 1950 by Professor Alan
> > Turing to test a computers ability to engage in natural human conversation.
> > A computer program which passes this test would be indistinguishable from
> > speaking with another human being.
>
> > Larry is currently 20 Terabytes of code, rules and data, and uses a
> > sophisticated neural network to process information. Larry is unaware that
> > he is not real, and lives in what we have come to call a "construct" (after
> > the movie "The Matrix") which resembles a comfortable life in southern
> > California.
>
> > We modelled Larry after the brother of the Project Manager - who has
> > extensive mental and cognitive information available from several state
> > institutions, and who among other things is obsessed with golf. If Larry
> > seems a bit self-important, it was because we found that people mostly read
> > things on the web, and seldom write. We needed Larry to seek the center of
> > attention.
>
> > We continue to learn many things from Larry V4.0 and plan to keep him online
> > for an extended period. Please interact with him - like you would any
> > human - we felt that since Larry has passed the Turing Test that the public
> > should be made aware that he isn't real. Part of his programming will
> > prevent Larry from integrating the concept that he is a program into his
> > perception of reality (the construct).
>
> > Thank You,
> > A. Clarke
>
> RSG Post of the Decade!
>
> Well... IMO anyway.
>
> One things for sure, though: LLLarry's quest
> for the sercet move is "NP Complete."
>
> And so is his never-tiring-(to-him)-technique-of-posting-about-self-
> improvement-while-at-the-same-time-sneaking-in-some-self-puffery-and-a-
> general-put-down-of-others-then-crying-ad-hominem-attack-in-response-
> to-the-expected-"whatever Larry"-while-garnering-one-or-two-friends-
> along-the-lines-of-the-enemy's-enemy-is-my-friend-yawn-yawn.........

Even-when-you-include-"yawn-yawn"-in-your-response-to-a-Larry-thread-
you've-still-just-lost-and-contributed-to-his-success-on-stirring-up-
the-RSG-pot-well-done.

Date: 21 Mar 2007 13:24:30
From: Steve H.
Subject: Re: It is time to come clean about Larry

On 21, 4:31 pm, "A Clarke" <ai.nos...@google.com > wrote:
> All,
>
> Thank you for taking part in our experiment. The person you know as Larry,
> is in fact a sophisticated artificial intellegence program designed to pass
> the Turing Test. The Turing Test was proposed in 1950 by Professor Alan
> Turing to test a computers ability to engage in natural human conversation.
> A computer program which passes this test would be indistinguishable from
> speaking with another human being.
>
> Larry is currently 20 Terabytes of code, rules and data, and uses a
> sophisticated neural network to process information. Larry is unaware that
> he is not real, and lives in what we have come to call a "construct" (after
> the movie "The Matrix") which resembles a comfortable life in southern
> California.
>
> We modelled Larry after the brother of the Project Manager - who has
> extensive mental and cognitive information available from several state
> institutions, and who among other things is obsessed with golf. If Larry
> seems a bit self-important, it was because we found that people mostly read
> things on the web, and seldom write. We needed Larry to seek the center of
> attention.
>
> We continue to learn many things from Larry V4.0 and plan to keep him online
> for an extended period. Please interact with him - like you would any
> human - we felt that since Larry has passed the Turing Test that the public
> should be made aware that he isn't real. Part of his programming will
> prevent Larry from integrating the concept that he is a program into his
> perception of reality (the construct).
>
> Thank You,
> A. Clarke

RSG Post of the Decade!

Well... IMO anyway.

One things for sure, though: LLLarry's quest
for the sercet move is "NP Complete."

And so is his never-tiring-(to-him)-technique-of-posting-about-self-
improvement-while-at-the-same-time-sneaking-in-some-self-puffery-and-a-
general-put-down-of-others-then-crying-ad-hominem-attack-in-response-
to-the-expected-"whatever Larry"-while-garnering-one-or-two-friends-
along-the-lines-of-the-enemy's-enemy-is-my-friend-yawn-yawn.........

Date: 21 Mar 2007 14:58:40
From: MnMikew
Subject: Re: It is time to come clean about Larry

"A Clarke" <ai.nospam@google.com > wrote in message
news:lCgMh.1516$nh7.502@news.cpqcorp.net...
> All,
>
> Thank you for taking part in our experiment. The person you know as
> Larry, is in fact a sophisticated artificial intellegence program designed
> to pass the Turing Test. The Turing Test was proposed in 1950 by
> Professor Alan Turing to test a computers ability to engage in natural
> human conversation. A computer program which passes this test would be
> indistinguishable from speaking with another human being.
>
> Larry is currently 20 Terabytes of code, rules and data, and uses a
> sophisticated neural network to process information. Larry is unaware
> that he is not real, and lives in what we have come to call a "construct"
> (after the movie "The Matrix") which resembles a comfortable life in
> southern California.
>
> We modelled Larry after the brother of the Project Manager - who has
> extensive mental and cognitive information available from several state
> institutions, and who among other things is obsessed with golf. If Larry
> seems a bit self-important, it was because we found that people mostly
> read things on the web, and seldom write. We needed Larry to seek the
> center of attention.
>
> We continue to learn many things from Larry V4.0 and plan to keep him
> online for an extended period. Please interact with him - like you would
> any human - we felt that since Larry has passed the Turing Test that the
> public should be made aware that he isn't real. Part of his programming
> will prevent Larry from integrating the concept that he is a program into
> his perception of reality (the construct).
>
> Thank You,
> A. Clarke
>
>
He also has the W32/rsgTroll.exe virus.

Date: 22 Mar 2007 18:43:09
From: larry
Subject: Re: It is time to come clean about Larry

On Wed, 21 2007 14:58:40 -0500, "MnMikew" <mnmiikkew@aol.com >
wrote:

>
>"A Clarke" <ai.nospam@google.com> wrote in message
>news:lCgMh.1516$nh7.502@news.cpqcorp.net...
>> All,
>>
>> Thank you for taking part in our experiment. The person you know as
>> Larry,

Doesn't even expend 3 minutes to read such nonsense.

Y'all have fun

Larry

Date: 23 Mar 2007 11:16:48
From: FredK
Subject: Re: It is time to come clean about Larry

"larry" <larry@deldata.com > wrote in message
news:s3c60398ggfv03gcu6v06b83u9r26lg0k7@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 21 2007 14:58:40 -0500, "MnMikew" <mnmiikkew@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"A Clarke" <ai.nospam@google.com> wrote in message
>>news:lCgMh.1516$nh7.502@news.cpqcorp.net...
>>> All,
>>>
>>> Thank you for taking part in our experiment. The person you know as
>>> Larry,
>
> Doesn't even expend 3 minutes to read such nonsense.
>
> Y'all have fun
>

'cause he's a speed reader with low comprehension skills. We'all'r havin'
fun. Mostly at your expense :-)

Date: 21 Mar 2007 14:54:14
From: the Moderator
Subject: Re: It is time to come clean about Larry

"A Clarke" <ai.nospam@google.com > wrote in message
news:lCgMh.1516$nh7.502@news.cpqcorp.net...

Threads like this only support larry's claim that he owns this newsgroup.

The artificial larry story is not too far fetched. There are a lot of
glitches and closed loops in larry's postings.

Date: 21 Mar 2007 23:26:57
From: \R&B\
Subject: Re: It is time to come clean about Larry

"the Moderator" <sparky@no_spam_engineer.com > wrote in message
news:M_2dnWI6U-3rEJzbnZ2dnUVZ_rylnZ2d@centurytel.net...
>
> "A Clarke" <ai.nospam@google.com> wrote in message
> news:lCgMh.1516$nh7.502@news.cpqcorp.net...
>
> Threads like this only support larry's claim that he owns this newsgroup.
>
> The artificial larry story is not too far fetched. There are a lot of
> glitches and closed loops in larry's postings.

Maybe. But it sure helps explain a few things.

Randy