Comments on: Ludus Novus 010: ELIZA Is Dead http://ludusnovus.net/2008/03/13/ludus-novus-010-eliza-is-dead/ The Art of Interaction Sun, 13 May 2012 01:35:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Taco http://ludusnovus.net/2008/03/13/ludus-novus-010-eliza-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-58391 Taco Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:25:37 +0000 http://ludusnovus.net/2008/03/13/ludus-novus-010-eliza-is-dead/#comment-58391 Sorry about the comment necromancy here. I feel that although the experience of interactivity is enhanced, despite the fact that the author is dead, the fact remains that ELIZA is only barely interactive, which is proven by the fact that ELIZA is near dead too. If Eliza was as interactive as people's initially expected from the first experience, there would be people willing to chatter with ELIZA frequently. It would be worth it too. You could get the AI's perspective on things. You would have a never-bored, all-remembering, never-sleeping conversation partner. In this case I subscribe to Gregory House's thought: "If the magic goes away once the mystery is revealed, there was never any magic to begin with". On the other hand... His thoughts are sure to lead to miserableness. I might better subsribe to Nolan's "Everybody fools themselves." Sorry about the comment necromancy here.

I feel that although the experience of interactivity is enhanced, despite the fact that the author is dead, the fact remains that ELIZA is only barely interactive, which is proven by the fact that ELIZA is near dead too. If Eliza was as interactive as people’s initially expected from the first experience, there would be people willing to chatter with ELIZA frequently.

It would be worth it too. You could get the AI’s perspective on things. You would have a never-bored, all-remembering, never-sleeping conversation partner.

In this case I subscribe to Gregory House’s thought: “If the magic goes away once the mystery is revealed, there was never any magic to begin with”.

On the other hand… His thoughts are sure to lead to miserableness. I might better subsribe to Nolan’s “Everybody fools themselves.”

]]> By: A Nerd’s Haven / The algorithm is dead? http://ludusnovus.net/2008/03/13/ludus-novus-010-eliza-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-19281 A Nerd’s Haven / The algorithm is dead? Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:52:49 +0000 http://ludusnovus.net/2008/03/13/ludus-novus-010-eliza-is-dead/#comment-19281 [...] a month ago, WO posted a podcast in which he espoused an interesting new idea: that in games, the “algorithm” is dead, [...] [...] a month ago, WO posted a podcast in which he espoused an interesting new idea: that in games, the “algorithm” is dead, [...]

]]> By: Ludus Novus :: Transparency on the Other Side of Agency http://ludusnovus.net/2008/03/13/ludus-novus-010-eliza-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-18659 Ludus Novus :: Transparency on the Other Side of Agency Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:47:11 +0000 http://ludusnovus.net/2008/03/13/ludus-novus-010-eliza-is-dead/#comment-18659 [...] Grand Text Auto, Andrew Stern has reopened a discussion that ties into my last podcast. In that episode, I asked whether an NPC that ignored the player’s input but gave the [...] [...] Grand Text Auto, Andrew Stern has reopened a discussion that ties into my last podcast. In that episode, I asked whether an NPC that ignored the player’s input but gave the [...]

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