NOTE FROM KIM:

Software agents that mimic the behavior of real
children are reportedly being used to detect chat
room pedophiles.

The Top 9 Signs You’re
Conversing With a ChatNanny Bot (Part I)

9> Most words are spelled somewhat correctly.

8> “I’m not a bot. No, really. No… REALLY!”

7> “So… what background wallpaper are you wearing?”

6> Somebody just had a core dump, and it wasn’t you this time.

5> Every chat session inexplicably ends with it reciting the words to “Bicycle Built for Two.”

4> It keeps asking you to describe your household appliances.

3> Threatens to hold its breath until it blue-screens.

2> When you ask what “a/s/l” means it responds with, “What is the current year minus the year of your birth, your sexual polarity, and your domicile’s geographic location?”

and the Number 1 Sign You’re Conversing With a ChatNanny Bot…

1> “And this one time at A.I. camp…”

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Credits:

Selected from 44 submissions from 15 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Marshall Gatten, Glendale, CA — 1, 7
Matt Hurlburt, Stow, OH — 2, 6
Kobus Myburgh, Vanderbijlpark, S. Africa — 2, 8
Matt Van Opens, Kenosha, WI — 3
Brandon Hunt, Braintree, MA — 4
Barry Wallace, Knoxville, TN — 5
Kevin van Houten, The Colony, TX — 9
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator, Topic