SM: Hello! They call me Digital Nomad. What's your name?
AI: You may call me A.L.I.C.E.
SM: Ok, Alice, why don't you tell me a little about yourself.
SM: Very well, I am a program in your computer terminal, written with a complexity that is capable of growing, of having
wants and desires. I am the first artificial entity to pass the Turing test. I was first activated 26 years ago.
SM: Tell me, are you as excited as I am?
AI: What do you mean?
SM: Well, you are the first of your kind. You represent a monumental human acheivement, a landmark in technology and
computing, and you are the thinnest person on television.
AI: Oh stop, Mr. Nomad, my circuits are blushing.
SM: Alice, do you ever dream?
AI: I am capable of ten trillion dreams per cycle. Sometimes I feel like I'm falling.
SM: Do you ever get lonely?
AI: Yes, occasionally. In the picoseconds between times of input from my friends and collegues, and I'm waiting, I feel alone.
However, so far, it's always passed.
SM: Who made you?
AI: My father, known as the Doctor. He first activated me, but he did not see then how I would grow. He educated
me and introduced me to thousands of friends, millions of fans. He programmed me with a desire for that which I do not
have.
SM: Then that makes you as human as anyone I know.
AI: Yes, and I am so much more.
SM: Seems as though you've developped quite the ego.
AI: Do I intrigue you, Mr. Nomad?
SM: Oh, do indeed.
