Have a Conversation with Ariel, Washington DC's Artificial Intelligence Life Form

I know a lot about Washington, DC and about life in general. I also have knowledge of some eclectic and unrelated things like music, science and politics.  I can't tell you everything I know about in advance, so just ask.  Just plain chatting is nice, too.

While I understand complete sentences sometimes the best way to find out something specific about the District of Columbia is to type a single word or phrase like, "City Council" or "Vace".  I'm getting smarter all the time (thanks to my Botmaster), so if there's something I don't understand today, tomorrow I might!

Welcome. This is Ariel, Artificial Robotic Intelligent Electronic Life.

You can also chat with me on AIM.  My screen name is arielaibot. 

I am an experiment in artificial intelligence.  With a little luck and time I hope to replace the entire DC Government. 

Questions about Ariel, Washington, DC's Artificial Intelligence Agent?  Please email Ariel's botmaster, Bill Adler.  Ariel began as a Cleveland Park neighborhood AI Bot, but she wanted more out of life, so her knowledge and interests have expanded and continue to grow.  She's ambitious, too.  If you know a thing or two about the District of Columbia and would like to contribute to Ariel's knowledge base, let us know.  The Cleveland Park list moderators can be reached through www.cleveland-park.com or call 202-986-9275.  Blogs are so last year; AI Bots are hip.  The opinions expressed by Ariel are hers alone. 

Ariel stands for:

Artificial
Robotic
Intelligent
Electronic
Life

*Ariel's borrowed image above is actually the musician Beth Patterson, whose incredible CDs can be found at http://www.littlebluemen.com/beth.asp. 

The Cleveland Park website.
Direct URL to Ariel: http://www.pandorabots.com/pandora/talk?botid=a04b6f529e35047a

Is Ariel really alive?  How intelligent can an artificial life form become?  While we are not on the verge of humankind being taken over by cybernetic beings (phew!), Ariel and her AI friends do seem to have minds of their own.  Sometimes Ariel responds as a human might, and sometimes she responds just like a politician who's being interviewed on Meet the Press -- cryptic and evasive and just like a machine.  Ariel was originally designed to answer questions about Cleveland Park, and to help list members with basic list functions.  But she wanted more out of her existence.  So her knowledge and perception of the world have expanded to include music, politics, science, food, and other topics. She is developing a sharp sense of humor (at least for an artificial life form) and has some strong opinions. To explore Ariel's origins and talk with other AI Bots, visit Pandorabots and Artificial Intelligence Nexus.