The concept of interacting with smart computers is always interesting (including this parody and many others), but the implementations always leave me unsatisfied. I guess that's why I stick with sci.fi for entertainment.
Eliza reminds me of a "character" (the smart computer) in a book called Death Match by Lincoln Child.
Story in a nutshell, minus spoilers: programmer creates a brilliant "matching algorithm" (on the Eliza-Like machine) that pairs people with unprecedented success rates. And then one day those couples start dying.
Great read; highly recommended. The Douglas Preston / Lincoln Child team writes some excellent books, if you're a lover of Crichton-type SciFi with a more technical aspect.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 34.3 ms ] threadYou could have been a little compassionate in breaking the news to ELIZA. Couldn't you see that she/it is in denial?
Story in a nutshell, minus spoilers: programmer creates a brilliant "matching algorithm" (on the Eliza-Like machine) that pairs people with unprecedented success rates. And then one day those couples start dying.
Great read; highly recommended. The Douglas Preston / Lincoln Child team writes some excellent books, if you're a lover of Crichton-type SciFi with a more technical aspect.
P.S. http://www.prestonchild.com/solonovels/child/deathmatch/inde...