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04-09-2007, 09:19 PM
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| | Software lets you create cybertwin By Stefanie Olsen, Staff Writer, CNET News.com
If spending too much time online turns you into your evil twin, then it might be time for a "cybertwin."
An Australian upstart on Monday introduced MyCyberTwin, an early version of software that lets people create and customize a virtual personality that can chat with others while they're offline. Liesl Capper, co-founder of RelevanceNow, which built MyCyberTwin, said the so-called chat bot technology can be used on blogs, dating sites or in social networks like MySpace by cutting and pasting code from the site onto the third-party page.
Capper describes the software as an extension of your personality online. "It can talk to friends when you're sleeping or tell people where the party is Saturday night," she said.
Virtual personalities are not new, but MyCybertwin could take the trend of instant-messaging avatars like Yahoo's and Second Life personas in a new direction.
The MyCybertwin service lets people pick one of five basic personalities, such as "warm-hearted, intellectual" or "cheeky, down to earth," and then have that choice act as a chat proxy to friends or strangers. But a subscriber can also tailor their persona further by answering a set of psychological questions, like "Is success a motivator for you?" giving the chat bot more complexity.
RelevanceNow has built tools to evaluate a person's psychographics, which classify attitudes and values, likes and dislikes. The more information the software has, the more "personality" the chat bot will have.
People also can write out answers to commonly asked questions so that their chat bot will respond in that manner, or they can prompt a cybertwin to ask specific questions of others, such as "What is the most important thing in your life?" People can review their friend's answers by looking in the log that MyCyberTwin keeps of all conversations. Capper said the service can also handle FAQs for bloggers, company brands or other well-known people who maintain a Web site.
"Sites and bloggers will want them so that people can learn about them when they're away. And companies can learn about customers without having direct conversations," Capper said.
Hmm... "What is the most important thing in you life?"... Didn't we see threads like that recently? I think we might have a few undercover cybertwins among SYMsters...  'Warm-hearted intellectuals' and 'Cheeky, down to earth' are the prime suspects. Let me see... No, he is intellectual but definitely not warm-hearted... damn, and everybody is cheeky... OK, I am starting MyWitchHunt. Who do you think might be a cybertwin??? 
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04-09-2007, 09:58 PM
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Where on earth do you find this stuff LD? 
As to the question... well apparently Xandax has been accused of being a bot before.. so that might be one place to start your witch hunt 
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04-09-2007, 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by dragon wench  Where on earth do you find this stuff LD?
As to the question... well apparently Xandax has been accused of being a bot before.. so that might be one place to start your witch hunt | Good point! And he is a complex one too. Ahem, Xandax, "is success a motivator for you?" 
I was also thinking about Fable being a bot, but a person who is typing "No spam, No spam" every five minutes cannot be qualified as "warm-hearted", can he? On the other hand, a person who is typing "No spam, No spam..." every five minutes...
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04-09-2007, 10:55 PM
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Well yes, and Fable does seem to be omnipresent.....
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04-10-2007, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by dragon wench Well yes, and Fable does seem to be omnipresent..... | That's the magical effect of eating chicken tandoori, not spam. 
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Originally Posted by dragon wench Well yes, and Fable does seem to be omnipresent..... | Well yes.....LOL
BTW nice new avatar Lady D.
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04-10-2007, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by fable That's the magical effect of eating chicken tandoori, not spam. | For some peculiar reason I am suddenly reminded of what my SO and I renamed Chicken Vindaloo...
"Chicken Windintheloo"
And @LD,
yes very nice ava indeed 
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BTW nice new avatar Lady D.
| Thank you guys.  It was time for me to shape-shift. Now I look more lovable and romantic, don't I? And more vulnerable... at first glance.
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So how goes the witch hunt? Any suspects?
Nice avatar (Oh and where is my card with the yellow dots?)
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04-10-2007, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Fiberfar So how goes the witch hunt? Any suspects? | Well, the first revelation is we are "supervised" by two cyber-supermods. I am still shocked. 
Besides, I count on you guys (maybe I should remind everybody about the Patriot Act...) to identify the rest. Good hunting. Quote:
Originally Posted by Fiberfar Nice avatar (Oh and where is my card with the yellow dots?) | OH, I am sorry about your card, try this one: Congratulations eCards - Congrats on grabbing the lifetime chance - Funny-Ecards.com
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04-11-2007, 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Lady Dragonfly | Am I allowed to put them to the test? Either by fire or by water?
Reminds me of the song Witchfinder General by Saxon: Trial is by water
No one can win
Drown and you're innocent
Guilty you swim
And thank you for the card!
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Originally Posted by Luis Antonio ONLY RETARDED PEOPLE WRITE WITH CAPS ON. Good thing I press shift | Quote: |
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Originally Posted by Lady Dragonfly I was also thinking about Fable being a bot, but a person who is typing "No spam, No spam" every five minutes cannot be qualified as "warm-hearted", can he? On the other hand, a person who is typing "No spam, No spam..." every five minutes... | No, not "No spam, No Spam." About 4/5 of Fable's total post count actually consist of this: Quote:
Originally Posted by fable "Thread closed, Thread closed". | | | |
04-11-2007, 08:24 PM
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@Faberge
LOL! So true, So true...
However, what do you guys think about this new marvelous "virtual personality"? Would you use it if it were available, say, for $5 monthly fee? Would that be fun? It could be used to posts harvesting, for example...
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