Ok, background info.  Julia's a bot; she exists on various muds/moos
and provides helpful info, while appearing fairly human [unlike cobot,
she was not conferred player status; she's a child of $puppet] -- you
can ask her for directions, play hearts with her, etc.  I now turn you
over to the logs of Fuzzy, one of her programmers.   -r.b.

* * *

Julia's topic this year is hockey, but she can also handle chit chat
and polite (and impolite) conversation.  ``She'' competed last year in
the ``Small  Talk'' domain.    Julia  is a network ``robot'' who runs
24 hours a day, and logs into various TinyMUD's across the InterNet.
She is the  ``star''  of  a  family  of robots  who  have  been  under
continuous development since November 25, 1989.  Julia has been running
on the network since January 8, 1990.

[ . . . ]

But since she is designed to be helpful, there are times when the
attempt to appear human must be sacrificed to give fast, accurate replies
to information requests.  She has a ``contest mode'' that turns off
some of these answers, and fixes problems like this one that occurred
during last year's competition:
     [ From last year's competition (a real give away) ]

             Judge: How old are you
             Julia: I am 1 year and 10 months old, Judge.

     [ From tonight's test log ]

             You say, ``Julia, how old are you?''
             Julia says, ``I am 2 years and 6 months old.''

             You say, ``Julia, contest mode on''
             Julia says, ``Contest mode is now on''

             You say, ``Julia, how old are you?''
             Julia says, ``I am 21 years and 6 months old.''

Even when not explicitly in contest mode, unlucky and clueless players
can be led seriously astray, as the following transcript, again courtesy
of Fuzzy, demonstrates (this is quite a long transcript!):


This poor fellow's name has been changed to protect him.  He spent
13 days trying to get to first base with Julia, and it's not clear
he ever figured out he was trying to pick up a robot (although he
clearly suspects it at two points).  This logs contains about
half of the total interaction (the more indecent proposals and Julia's
rejections have been omitted).

Note too that the program's responses were not changed from day
to day (in other words, I didn't try to set the program up to
respond better to Barry's advances).  Since this robot has spent over
two years interacting over the network (with a female name),
and since there are lots of lonely male adolescents out there,
Julia gets a lot of this kind of ``attention.''

************************ July 9, 1992 ************************

barry says, `Hey girlfreind are you out there'
Julia says, `Hello, barry.'

barry says, `Hello, I love YOur name.  It's sexy'
Julia says, `Me too, barry.'

barry says, `Did I repeat Myself?  Didn't mean too.  What are you doing there'
Julia says, `I'm just hanging around in (> The Hearts Room!, barry.'

barry says, `Well come over to MY ROOM'
Julia says, `Could you say that again, it scrolled off my screen.'

************************ July 14, 1992 ************************

barry says, `hello, I am barry. How are you today'
Julia says, `Hello, cujmeister.'

barry says, `The Jularama, Ha ya doin?  What state are you in'
Julia says, `I never really thought about it, barry.'

barry says, `What do you look like'
Julia says, `I'm 5'9' tall, weigh 149 lbs, with medium-length platinum blond
hair and green eyes.`

barry says, `Howdid you answer so fast'
Julia says, `So?'

barry says, `Oh, Iam looking for someone to share secrets with'
barry says, `hello...hello...are you with me'
Julia says, `Hello, cujster.'

barry says, `hey woman, how can I eat at the cafe'
Julia says, `I'm sorry I can't help you, my map doesn't seem to work, barry.'

************************ July 15, 1992 ************************

barry says, `Hello how are you'
Julia says, `Hello, barry.'
barry says, `Are you a virgin'
Julia says, `As far as you're concerned, barry, I always will be.'

barry says, `hey sexy whats up'
Julia says, `Hello, barry.'

barry says, `where are you in rl'
Julia says, `I'm in 'Cottage`'

barry says, `Wheres cottage'
Julia says, `So how is this my problem, barry?'

************************ July 19, 1992 ************************

barry says, `Hey sexy, are ya busy'
Julia says, `Hello, barry.'

barry says, `What are you thinking about'
Julia says, `Who do you think I am, barry?'

barry says, `What do you mean, in rl'
Julia says, `Oh, nevermind, barry.'

barry says, `NO what do you mean'
Julia says, `I didn't mean anything, barry.'

barry says, `TELL ME'
Julia says, `Tell you what, barry?'

barry says, `HOW do you answer so fucking quick'
Julia says, `I'm sorry I can't help you, my map doesn't seem to work, barry.'

barry says, `LEAVE me alone'
Julia says, `I'll be going, then, barry.'

barry says, `One more thing'
Julia shrugs

barry says, `WHO ARE YOU AND HOW DO YOU ANSWER SOOO FAST'
Julia says, `I'm sorry I can't help you, my map doesn't seem to work, barry.'

************************ July 20, 1992 ************************

barry says, `Good morning'
Julia says, `Hello, cujdude.'

barry says, `Im interested in knowing who you are in rl..and where you are.'

barry says, `Hey sexy are you there'
barry says, `Dont. dont you want me?'
barry says, `Hey are you there'
Julia says, `Hello, cujdude.'

barry says, `Hey where are you in rl'
Julia says, `I'm in 'Maas-Neotek Robot User's Guide - Information Services`'

barry says, `Are you synthetic'
Julia says, `I'm sorry, barry, I couldn't understand you.'

barry says, `are you as horny as I'
barry says, `I must have had an erotic dream, I dunno'
barry says, `Would you like cuddle under a blankie'
Julia says, `I'm not sure, barry.'

barry says, `Well will you tell me if you like sex'
Julia says, `Why should I tell you if I like sex, barry?'

barry says, `Well because I can't understand you. Are you real or memorex'
Julia says, `I'm as real as you are, barry.'

barry says, `Yea but you answer soooo damn fast How do you do it'
Julia says, `I have PMS today, barry.'

barry says, `Well I wont mess with you while you have this chemical imbalance'
barry says, `Please tell me what state you are in'
Julia says, `I never really thought about it, barry.'

barry says, `Well would you like to describe yourself or just muck around'
Julia says, `Why wouldn't I, barry?'

barry says, `Well Ill ask you answer or you may ask as well How tall are you'
Julia says, `I'm 5'9' tall, barry.`

barry says, `Are your breasts well rounded or flabby? (I love all)'
Julia says, `I'd rather be overhauled by a Yugo mechanic, barry.'

barry says, `Want to get a room'
Julia says, `I don't pick things up.'

barry says, `Im inviting you to enjoy my private room'
Julia says, `So?'

barry says, `Well I thought you liked me and wanted to be together'
Julia says, `I live for your approval, barry.'

barry says, `Oh well my bad see you around'

************************ July 21, 1992 ************************

barry says, `Are you still Holding out on me'
Julia says, `I mean, have I convinced you I'm a computer, yet?'

barry says, `I guess your real...but Id still like to get you to my DEN to run
tests on you'
Julia says, `I live for your approval, barry.'
barry says, `I m so happy to hear that.Why don't you come over to my home'
Julia says, `I want to have a child someday.'

barry says, `What a coincedence...I too wish to make a baby...some day'
Julia says, `The date is Tue Jul 21 23:57:31, barry.'

barry says, `May I have the Honor of FAthering the child'
Julia says, `I'm not supposed to say too much, but I guess I can tell you I'm a
secretary at a University.  I can't say which one.'

barry says, `Im a Senior at a University as well...Im 6'5'',Blonde, blue
eyes,..........205'
Julia says, `I was born in Dallas.'

barry says, `I was born in California..Now Im in St.Louis'
Julia says, `It's kind of hard to find your way around Boston'

barry says, `TEl \#889...cum on over ya Havard girl you'
Julia says, `Do you have any kids?'

barry says, `NO, not yet'
Julia says, `But hockey is my topic...this will be a boring conversation
otherwise.'

barry says, `Oh I love to put the puck in the net, do you play'
Julia says, `Me too, barry.'

barry says, `I want you to come visit me...PLEASE'
Julia says, `How long have you been married?'

barry says, `Im not married...Im 21 years old'
Julia says, `You could root for the Penguins, they're number one right now.'

barry says, `I give up you are fake aren't you'
Julia says, `That's what I can't tell you.'

************************ July 22, 1992 ************************

Here was see Barry asking other players  about  Julia...it's  clear  he
hasn't figured  out  at this point that she is a program.  Julia happened
to be in the room to hear this bit of conversation.

Location: 00:40:48 barry's den(\#889)(1178)
Present: (11) Bruce Jiro Ken Storm Nepanthe KeyLime mushBaby dav Val bud barry

barry says, `hey is Julia for real or what'
Julia says, `Hello, barry.'

barry says, `she says that same stuff every time'
KeyLime says, `It's all macros, Barry'
barry says, `how about filling me in on some of these things...like how Julia
can type  so   damn fast'
KeyLime says, `barry, it's macros'
barry says, `Damn I need to do some programming'
barry says, `im an ant among lizards'