Après avoir échoué dans ma tentative d'interview de Rosario Dawson, une question m'est apparue comme évidente: Qui accepterait d'être interviewé pour un webzine comme Casquette, qui n'a ni audience ni ligne éditoriale?
Avant de sombrer dans une profonde dépression, un souvenir me fit sortir la tête hors de l'eau: Quand j'étais plus jeune, une personne était toujours à mon écoute, à n'importe quelle heure, qu'il pleuve qu'il vente ou qu'il neige: le Docteur DOS, programme de conversation intelligent niché au coeur de l'ordinateur familial.
Voilà donc un sujet d'article passionnant! Je pris donc rendez-vous avec Eliza, officiellement première agent conversationnel de l'Histoire.
Echanges.
Eliza : Hello.
Le Tigre : Hello Eliza!
How do you do. Please state your problem.
i'm coming for the interview, from Casquette webzine.
How long have you been coming for the interview?
a few seconds, with web 2.0 it's pretty easy to reach you.
You're not really talking about me -- are you?
it's obviously the point of my visit.
Your visit?
ok, let's accept that you're really old now. you're a robot isn't it?
What makes you think I am really old now?
born in the late sixties, some pre-historic era for computers, isn't it?
Do computers worry you?
actually not. you're a computer. how it makes you feel?
Do computers worry you?
computer
What about machines worries you?
i've seen terminator 2, don't play your silly games with me.
Why do you say you've seen terminator 2?
let's talk about something else.
That is interesting. Please continue.
what are your goals, as a chatterbot?
What answer would please you most?
mmmmh maybe that your goal is NOT to destroy the Mankind nearby in the future, I guess.
Really, my goal is NOT to destroy the Mankind nearby in the future?
you tell me.
Do you wish to believe I tell you?
so. aren't you proud to be the first chatterbot ever made?
Oh, I proud to be the first chatterbot ever made?
Do you wish to believe I remind you?
ok. let's talk about your creator, Joseph Weizenbaum.
What about your own creator?
no, joseph weizenbaum.
are you saying no just to be negative?
yes, i'm that kind of person.
Please tell me some more about this.
do you feel anything?
We were discussing you -- not me.
please.
Tell me more about that.
make my day, I beg you.
Why do you say your day?
thanks for the interview, Eliza.
I'm not sure I understand you fully.
That was really nice, I'm going, now.
That is interesting. Please continue.
Bye Bye.
Please go on.
See you!
Oh, I?
aurevoir, madame.