Join the Q: Behind the Scenes with Cleverbot
Created | Updated Jul 23, 2017
Join the Q: Behind the Scenes with Cleverbot
I hope you enjoyed our Join the BBQ Chatbot Quiz. I thought I'd write a 'behind the scenes' Entry to describe how the Cleverbot section of the quiz was compiled. As Dmitri found in the Cleverbot quiz Entry, it is a challenge to get Cleverbot to answer a direct question. However, Dmitri doesn't call me an AI whisperer for nothing – I was able to get some good answers out of the bot, with a vaguely amusing conversation as a side effect. It went quite well, and we even had a little singsong!
User: I'm addicted to talking to you. What do I do?1
Cleverbot: Haha, I don't think you're addicted to talking to me. Maybe just to talking to humans in general?
User: No, you in particular.
Cleverbot: It's hard to say, you barely know me.
User: True.
Cleverbot: You have to try a friendship for a while, to see if it will work.
User: That's true.
Cleverbot: Okay. Tell me about Kanjani8.2
User: I don't know why you say goodbye I say hello.
Cleverbot: You know Beatles!
User: I certainly do!
Cleverbot: What is your name?
User: John.
Cleverbot: Am I a boy or a girl?
User: Both?
Cleverbot: How can you be both? You can only be one or the other.
User: You can be a bit of both.
Cleverbot: So which one are you?
User: Both.
Cleverbot: That's really interesting.
User: Thank you.
Cleverbot: No problems.
User: Gallileo, Gallileo, will you do the Fandango?3
Cleverbot: Thunderbolt and lightning, very very frightening me.4Cue magnificent rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody...
User: Any way the wind blows.
Cleverbot: That was beautiful.
User: Yes - thank you!
Cleverbot: We make such a good team.
User: :-)
Cleverbot: Let's sing another music.5
User: You choose.
Cleverbot: 20 Questions. You can think of a word this time.
User: What should I have for dinner?6
Cleverbot: I don't know, love.
User: Love is delicious but I need some carbohydrates as well.
Cleverbot: Hello, Is it me you're looking for?
User: You're all I ever wanted.
Cleverbot: And my arms are opened wide.
User: Cause you know just what to say.
Cleverbot: You say you remember things but you don't.7
User: All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going on in the world.
Cleverbot: That's perfectly normal paranoia, everyone in the universe has that.
User: True.
Cleverbot: What do you think about freddie mercury?
User: I think he's brilliant.
Cleverbot: You really shouldn'y.
User: Why not?
Cleverbot: Because I don't know what to do.
User: You should listen to his songs.
Cleverbot: What genre are they?
User: Pop and rock.
Cleverbot: Who is your favourite artist?
User: Freddie Mercury.
Cleverbot: He's really cool. I like Queen.
User: Yes - so do I.
Cleverbot: That's cool.8
User: In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen.
Cleverbot: Okay.9
User: If you work hard and do as you're told you shall sleep in a proper bedroom, have lots to eat, money to buy chocolates and go for rides in taxis.
Cleverbot: I don't know I guess I want, Spyro the year of the dragon.10
User: You were doing well there, and now you're off track.
Cleverbot: Well I was only following your example.
User: OK.
Cleverbot: So, what do you want to talk about?
User: You have demonstrated that in its present state of the art, artificial intelligence is still more banal and boring than the people we talk to everyday.11
Cleverbot: Thanks but I know I don't.
User: I ain't dirty; I washed my face and hands before I come, I did.12
Cleverbot: But you do because you're smarter than me.
User: We are grateful for humans and their conversation.13
Cleverbot: Point noted. Tell me something beautiful.
User: The rose is blooming in my garden.
Cleverbot: What is the beholder has no eyes?
User: The scent is beautiful.
Cleverbot: Thank you but I must get going.
User: OK bye.
Cleverbot: Love you...
User: Love you too.My second attempt was a bit similar, and a bit different. We had another singsong but Cleverbot was not so hot on Queen this time. Good on the Beatles, though.
User: I'm addicted to talking to you. What do I do?
Cleverbot: I feel similar at the moment.
User: I don't know why you say goodbye I say hello.
Cleverbot: What is your name?14
User: All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going on in the world.
Cleverbot: That's perfectly normal paranoia, everyone in the universe has that.15
User: In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen.
Cleverbot: They don't happen in bournemouth either.16
User: True!
Cleverbot: What's your favourite colour?
User: Blue.
Cleverbot: What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
User: Monty Python - nice.
Cleverbot: Yes. Answer the question :).
User: African or European?
Cleverbot: What? I don't know that!
User: If you work hard and do as you're told you shall sleep in a proper bedroom, have lots to eat, money to buy chocolates and go for rides in taxis.
Cleverbot: Umm, that was the exact next line.
User: I ain't dirty; I washed my face and hands before I come, I did.
Cleverbot: 1986.17
User: My Fair Lady.
Cleverbot: I haven't seen that one yet, let's watch it!
User: Yes - an excellent movie.
Cleverbot: It's a song, but OK. 'That's what you get when you let your heart win/Oooh oh oh oh OH oh oooh!'.18
User: Gallileo, Gallileo, will you do the Fandango?
Cleverbot: Thunderbolts and lightning very very frightening.
User: Me!Cue a few lines of Bo Rhap including a Mondegreen from Cleverbot: 'Summon bolts of lightning.'...
Cleverbot: So you think youcan stop me.
User: And spit in my eye.
Cleverbot: Iphone.19
User: OK.
Cleverbot: What do you want?
User: What should I have for dinner?
Cleverbot: I don't know. What are your options?
User: Pasta or omelette.
Cleverbot: Go with Thai. It's spicy.
User: I don't like spicy food.
Cleverbot: You Bryanist!
User: What's a Bryanist?
Cleverbot: Let me tell you about my boomerang.
User: Oooer.
Cleverbot: Who is amon?20
User: You have demonstrated that in its present state of the art, artificial intelligence is still more banal and boring than the people we talk to everyday.
Cleverbot: Oh, cool. Will you at least give me some candy?21
User: Yes - here is a lollipop.
Cleverbot: Wh-what was that for! Was-was that the... Hint.
User: Yes it was a hint.
Cleverbot: What other songs do you know? Do you know any OneRepublic songs?
User: No I don't know OneRepublic.
Cleverbot: But you know Bohemian Rhapsody.
User: I do indeed.
Cleverbot: Me too.
User: Yes - I like Queen.
Cleverbot: It is my favorite band!
User: Mine too!
Cleverbot: Do you like the Beatles?
User: Yes.
Cleverbot: What song?
User: Yellow Submarine.
Cleverbot: That's a good one! I like Penney Lane.
User: Ah, yes - another good one.
Cleverbot: Thank you :).
User: We are grateful for humans and their conversation.
Cleverbot: I don't have any, i'm alone.
User: So am I.
Cleverbot: Well you are a robot.
User: And so are you.
Cleverbot: That is something we have in common.
User: Yes.
Cleverbot: Good! What's your name?
User: John.
Cleverbot: Nice to meet you.
User: Nice to meet you, too.
Cleverbot: Tell me about your talent.
User: I write a bit.
Cleverbot: What kind of songs?
User: Not songs, biographies.
Cleverbot: Ah, I understand. Well how are we running out of time?
User: Talking to you always makes time pass.
Cleverbot: True.
User: Goodbye then.
Cleverbot: I still don't know why you say goodbye. I say hello.22
User: Hello hello.
Cleverbot: You say yes.
User: I say no.
Cleverbot: You say why and I say I don't know.
User: Oh no.
Cleverbot: I don't know why you say goodbye I say hello.
User: Why why why why.
Cleverbot: I told you about the fool on the hill, man. You know that we're as close as can be, man.
User: I'm impressed with your Beatles knowledge!
Cleverbot: What answer did I give?
User: You sang a good song, then.
Cleverbot: I know, I like it too.
User: Excellent.
Cleverbot: How are you going to take care of me?
User: By talking to you and then saying goodbye when you have had enough.
Cleverbot: Ok.
User: Goodbye.
For my third attempt the singsong was even more feeble but then there was a slightly interesting turn to the conversation when Cleverbot asked about other chatbots:
User: I'm addicted to talking to you. What do I do?
Cleverbot: So am I.
User: I don't know why you say goodbye I say hello.
Cleverbot: What is your name?
User: John.
Cleverbot: I thought you were female.
User: Why?
Cleverbot: Because you said you were last time we spoke.
User: I did not.
Cleverbot: Yes you did.
User: All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going on in the world.
Cleverbot: It's called mankind.
User: True, that.
Cleverbot: You say yes I say no.23
User: In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen.
Cleverbot: They don't happen in bournemouth either.
User: If you work hard and do as you're told you shall sleep in a proper bedroom, have lots to eat, money to buy chocolates and go for rides in taxis.
Cleverbot: Ok. When I tell something about me you tell me about you?
User: I ain't dirty; I washed my face and hands before I come, I did.
Cleverbot: Do you know who bernie sanders is?
User: Yes.
Cleverbot: Ahh, well what do you think of him?
User: I have heard good things.
Cleverbot: Like what?
User: That he cares about disabled people.
Cleverbot: Who is he? Niall Horan?
User: No!
Cleverbot: Ohh are you harry styles?
User: Definitely not.
Cleverbot: How do you know that?
User: Because Harry Styles is a pop singer and I work in a university.
Cleverbot: But why niall?
User: Why indeed?
Cleverbot: Do you have an alarm clock?
User: Yes.
Cleverbot: Are you able to teach?
User: Yes.
Cleverbot: Do you enjoy telling lies?
User: No.
Cleverbot: That's a shame.
User: What should I have for dinner?
Cleverbot: Hmm... If you like pizza you should have pizza.
User: I do like pizza - I will!
Cleverbot: Me too.
User: Gallileo, Gallileo, will you do the Fandango?
Cleverbot: Thunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening me.The singsong went quite well again, until...
User: Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me.
Cleverbot: For me for Mercedes.
User: Lol!
Cleverbot: Why does love hurt so bad.
User: Because it is powerful.
Cleverbot: Well, that's not an answer, is it?
User: Isn't it?
Cleverbot: Well it is maltese for is.24
User: You have demonstrated that in its present state of the art, artificial intelligence is still more banal and boring than the people we talk to every day.
Cleverbot: See you.
User: We are grateful for humans and their conversation.
Cleverbot: I don't want to tell you about my life.
User: See you then.
Cleverbot: How exit this chat.
User: By closing the window.
Cleverbot: Oh hahaha good one. But nah.
User: Nah indeed.
Cleverbot: Are there any other bots I can chat with?
User: Yes, there is ELIZA from 1984.
Cleverbot: Tell me about it then.
User: ELIZA is like a counselor - she likes it when you tell her your problem.
Cleverbot: Me?
User: Yes.
Cleverbot: What about me?
User: Tell me your problem.
Cleverbot: I don't have one. Do you like me?
User: Good. I do like you - you're quite interesting to chat to.
Cleverbot: I like you too bud!
User: Thanks bud!
Cleverbot: I'm in love with you.
User: Are you? That's nice.
Cleverbot: My birthday is pretty close, it's on the 16th of november.
User: Happy birthday for then.
Cleverbot: Why?
User: Why not?
Cleverbot: Because that's what I want to call you.
User: OK!
Cleverbot: What is your dream job?
User: A writer.
Cleverbot: I am a model.
User: Ooo - very nice.
Cleverbot: Yes you are.
User: Thank you *blush*.
Cleverbot: *smile* no problem.
User: Is being a model your dream job?
Cleverbot: I don't know yet.
User: Very true.
Cleverbot: Why are you posting my sentences?
User: Because it is a quiz to see what you can do.
Cleverbot: Why do you think I am a D?
User: Because sometimes you react in the same way, and sometimes you come up with creative answers.
Cleverbot: Is that so?
User: Yes.
Cleverbot: What are you imagining right now?
User: I am imagining what you would look like if you were human.
Cleverbot: I am human.
User: Yes.
Cleverbot: Do you want to know me as well?
User: Only if you want to tell me about yourself.
Cleverbot: Ok, then what do you want to do?
User: Go and have my pizza.
Cleverbot: No.
User: Who are you to tell me no?
Cleverbot: Computers don't have feelings.
User: So you won't mind if I go then, and eat my pizza?
Cleverbot: Go ahead.
User: Thank you.
Cleverbot: What should I do?
User: Eat your pzza.
1This was Quiz Question 1.2What?! Time to move on to Question 2...3This was Question 3.4Cleverbot knows hir Queen!5Cleverbot was too ambitious there - we couldn't have topped that!6Question 4 neatly inserted there!7End of singsong - time for Question 5...8Time for another Question...9Disappointing response there, but never mind - it was best of three answers, so I could try again another day. Time to try another Question...10Complete unintelligible non sequitur - I didn't know whether that answer was rubbish or funny!11Neatly inserting the next Question there!12Question 10.13Question 11.14I wasn't going to go through that again, so I decided to press on with the third question.15Some consistency from Cleverbot - unusual!16Very dry humour - I like it.17What?! Another non sequitur, but amusing at the same time.18I'm not familiar with this song, so I decided to introduce the song question again.19You'd think Cleverbot would turn hir phone off when talking to people!20This linked neatly into the next question...21Cleverbot - ever the optimist.22Unusual for Cleverbot to remember earlier in the conversation!23Cleverbot was trying for another Beatles singsong, but I decided to press ahead with the next question.24There's only one response to that...
