Posted: 3/29/2004 2:35:59 PM EDT
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My teacher was talking about it in computer lab a few days ago. Here is an article about it. I dunno, what do you think? It seems like a very powerful program. Here is a link to the article. www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994783 |
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I'm going to cut and paste the article so you can just read it. Software agent targets chatroom paedophiles 19:00 17 March 04 Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition. Subscribe and get 4 free issues. Paedophiles attempting to "groom" children in internet chatrooms can now be detected by a computer program. The program works by putting on a convincing impression of a young person taking part in a chatroom conversation. At the same time it analyses the behaviour of the person it is chatting with, looking for classic signs of grooming: paedophiles pose as children as they attempt to arrange meetings with the children they befriend. Called ChatNannies, the software was developed in the UK by Jim Wightman, an IT consultant from Wolverhampton in the West Midlands. It creates thousands of sub-programs, called nanniebots, which log on to different chatrooms and strike up conversations with users and groups of users. If a nanniebot detects suspicious activity it sends an alert to Wightman and emails a transcript of the conversation. If he considers the transcript suspicious, he contacts the relevant police force, giving them the internet address of the suspect user. He claims that tip-offs from his software have already led to police investigations, but New Scientist was unable to verify this before going to press. Convincing conversation The nanniebots do such a good job of passing themselves off as young people that they have proved indistinguishable from them. In conversations with 2000 chatroom users no one has rumbled the bots, Wightman says. (See if you can tell the difference below.) Chatbots scarcely distinguishable from people were predicted by computer pioneer Alan Turing as long ago as 1950, says Aaron Sloman, an artificial intelligence expert at the University of Birmingham in the UK. So he is not surprised the bots are so convincing, especially as their conversation is restricted to a limited topic - like youth culture, say - and is kept relatively short. "It's not going to be too difficult for a chatbot to look like an ordinary chatroom participant to other users who are not even on the lookout for them," he says. To converse realistically, ChatNannies analyses the sentences other users type, breaks them down into verb and noun phrases, and compares them with those in sentences it has previously encountered. ChatNannies includes a neural network program that continually builds up knowledge about how people use language, and employs this information to generate more realistic and plausible patterns of responses. Random personality One of its tricks is to use the internet itself as a resource for its information on pop culture. Wightman will not reveal how it judges what is reliable information and what not. He does say, however, that each bot has dozens of parameters that are assigned at random, to give each one a different "personality". "If this software works, then it would be marvellous because there is nothing like this out there," says Chris Atkinson, the internet safety officer with the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in the UK. But she warns that paedophiles may outsmart it. "The grooming activity that I have seen doesn't have to be sexual," she says. Wightman says, however, that ChatNannies is sophisticated enough to look for less obvious signs that something is amiss. It also looks for slip-ups and inconsistencies that give away an adult posing as a child. Wightman currently has 100,000 bots chatting away undetected in chatrooms - the most he can generate on the four internet servers at his IT practice. He would like to build more but funding is the sticking point, as he does not want anyone to profit financially from his technology. "Some companies have offered fantastic sums of money, but all want technology ownership. And that's something that isn't going to happen," he says. Instead, he hopes eventually to get financial support from government-run organisations that focus on child protection. Can you tell the difference? In this chatroom dialogue, which is the bot and which is the human? A - hi B - hi, how are ya? A - i'm good. whats new man? B - nothing much - i just dropped in when i was checking my mail. no-one here! A - heh yeah it is kinda quiet...you know why though don't you! B - no, why? A - national holiday in the uk! B - what, thursday? i don't know any national holiday on thursday! and besides wouldn't that mean there were more people not less? A - yeah youre right, i was confused with pancake day B - pancake day! i love pancakes...mmmm so tasty A - yeah me too, but i forget every damn year B - did you forget this year? A - yes! damn! B - well any day can be pancake day - just make pancakes A - its not the same! B - sure it is! hey, this one year I bought a box of 'pancake mix' for pancake day...guess what? A - go on? B - it was a box of flour! A - LOL thats bad news dude B - tell me about it - you had to add the eggs and everything A - i didn't know you used eggs to make pancakes B - you dont? well these were pretty tasty anyway, even if I did get ripped off!! A - national holiday in the uk! B - lol B - hey, where are you from? the usa? A - no the uk. Birmingham. B - oh cool. did you watch robocop 2 last night? A - what side was it on? B - sky one A - we haven't got sky A - but i've seen it before A - it wasn't as good as robocop B - i agree, though it was cool in places. A - did you watch robocop last night B - yes, i just said i did! A - no you said you watched robocop 2 not robocop - so which one was it? B - robocop 2 - pedant! A - not robocop or robocop 3 or robocop the series B - it was definitely robocop 2, the one with kain the second robocop in it. i haven't seen robocop 3 or the series. A - ok, chill out, take a pill B - consider me chilled, daddy-o B - i've gotta get going now, i'm meeting some friends. B - you know it. l8r Answer: A - human, B - nanniebot Duncan Graham-Rowe |
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Okay, pedophiles are the scum of the earth, and I can understand his zeal to find them. But, he sets himself up as the sole judge for who to report to police? From the article: If a nanniebot detects suspicious activity it sends an alert to Wightman and emails a transcript of the conversation. If he considers the transcript suspicious, he contacts the relevant police force, giving them the internet address of the suspect user. Can't you just see him at his house "Okay, John 'Beat You Up For Your Lunch Money' Smith. Remember when you picked on me in 2nd grade? Well, now it's payback time!" Maybe his "nanniebots" work, but doesn't his insistence of being the sole reporter of "misdeeds" seem kind of strange? |
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Quoted: Okay, pedophiles are the scum of the earth, and I can understand his zeal to find them. But, he sets himself up as the sole judge for who to report to police? From the article: If a nanniebot detects suspicious activity it sends an alert to Wightman and emails a transcript of the conversation. If he considers the transcript suspicious, he contacts the relevant police force, giving them the internet address of the suspect user. Can't you just see him at his house "Okay, John 'Beat You Up For Your Lunch Money' Smith. Remember when you picked on me in 2nd grade? Well, now it's payback time!" Maybe his "nanniebots" work, but doesn't his insistence of being the sole reporter of "misdeeds" seem kind of strange? I would agree. that does seem strange |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Are you trying to tell us you're a 48 y/o, married, fat cop, with 5 kids??? [:P] I'm not fat. LOL What about the rest of the question? Sgtar15 PS And what version software are you running? Are you thread-stalking her again? Time for you to go underground Sarge......Call you mint jelly, cause you'll be on the lamb. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Are you trying to tell us you're a 48 y/o, married, fat cop, with 5 kids??? [:P] I'm not fat. LOL What about the rest of the question? Sgtar15 PS And what version software are you running? Are you thread-stalking her again? Time for you to go underground Sarge......Call you mint jelly, cause you'll be on the lamb. Well son/daughter/whatever are YOU stalking me?? Exactly how do you intend to make me go underground sun/daughter/wahtever? And why do people think you have been here before under the name Kelli?? Sgtar15 |
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This is getting outta hand. I thought the purpose of taking this pedophile name calling contest down to Ed Sr's pit, was to get it off GD. Now RachelF, see's fit to drag her trolling circus side show back up here from the pit, with the thinly veiled threat, That she might some how, or in some form be connected with a pedophile investigation. Thats a pretty advanced concept for a girl that could not figure out hearing protection last night and just more evidence, that RachelF, is not who she says she is. I'm having a hard time beliving, RachelF's asking for COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE BOARD and THE ABILITY TO POST ANYTHING HE/SHE WANTS FOR TWO WEEKS, as a condition of winning her fight down in the pit with SgtAR...THATS NUT'S If SgtAR would quit calling names and focus on the idiocy of RachelF's demand to live life without MOD's, This thing would be over tonight. HECK...This Place would'nt let member posters with counts as high as Eric-The-Hun POST ANYTHING THEY WANT, I hope their keeping track of this B.S. up in the team forum...Cause this whole thing is a cold calulated attack on the site, by former member trolls. The Reason RachelF posts little single snippet posts, is'nt because he/she is a ditz, It's so there will not be enough information in her posts to trace her style to the real instigator. |
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Imagine traveling back through time millions of years to the age of the dinosaurs. Pterodactyls glide above a soggy marsh. Nearby, a colossal 80-ton Brachiosaurus munches on a tree. On the ground at its feet, something strangely familiar hops by: a frog. Surprised? Few people realize just how ancient frogs are. For 190 million years, the ancestors of modern frogs have roamed (if not ruled) the earth, looking much the same as they do today. The secret to their success is their amazing adaptability. |
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Quoted: This is getting outta hand. I thought the purpose of taking this pedophile name calling contest down to Ed Sr's pit, was to get it off GD. Now RachelF, see's fit to drag her trolling circus side show back up here from the pit, with the thinly veiled threat, That she might some how, or in some form be connected with a pedophile investigation. Thats a pretty advanced concept for a girl that could not figure out hearing protection last night and just more evidence, that RachelF, is not who she says she is. I'm having a hard time beliving, RachelF's asking for COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE BOARD and THE ABILITY TO POST ANYTHING HE/SHE WANTS FOR TWO WEEKS, as a condition of winning her fight down in the pit with SgtAR...THATS NUT'S If SgtAR would quit calling names and focus on the idiocy of RachelF's demand to live life without MOD's, This thing would be over tonight. HECK...This Place would'nt let member posters with counts as high as Eric-The-Hun POST ANYTHING THEY WANT, I hope their keeping track of this B.S. up in the team forum...Cause this whole thing is a cold calulated attack on the site, by former member trolls. The Reason RachelF posts little single snippet posts, is'nt because he/she is a ditz, It's so there will not be enough information in her posts to trace her style to the real instigator. Slidelock you are really too much. LOL! |
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RachelF...it is very interesting that evrytime someone questions weather or not you are a cop pretending to be a little girl you avoid answering. I will ask you directly. Are you a cop? Are you REALLY who you say you are? Because there is an awful lot of blood in the water...... Sgtar15 |
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Quoted: RachelF...it is very interesting that evrytime someone questions weather or not you are a cop pretending to be a little girl you avoid answering. I will ask you directly. Are you a cop? Are you REALLY who you say you are? Because there is an awful lot of blood in the water...... Sgtar15 It is too late to get worried now you buffoon.[ROFL2] Lay off the pain killers they are rotting your brain. |
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Quoted: RachelF...it is very interesting that evrytime someone questions weather or not you are a cop pretending to be a little girl you avoid answering. I will ask you directly. Are you a cop? Are you REALLY who you say you are? Because there is an awful lot of blood in the water...... Sgtar15 What does that mean, blood in the water? Relax sgtar15 I'm not a cop. I'm not a troll. I'm not a DU or whatever tht is. Do you think that program is for real? some of my computer wiz friends say it's a hoax - that it's impossible. |
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I'll tell you what, RachelF or what ever your real name is, Why don't you start IM'ing MOD's and staff with your little demand, to live life here at AR15.com, without rules. Just my thoughts on the matter, But it would seem your leaving your little cage match down in the bear pit, to come back up here to GD, Is a clear indication, that you were losing, down there and wanted to come crying back up here for help. You should thank god, I'm not a MOD or the one ref'ing down there in the Bear pit. I'd have declared you the loser instantly for this little stunt and locked you up. Way I figure it, you've got less than 48 hour by my own calculations, before you cause enough trouble here, that the staff will ban you, not for two weeks, but for good. Have a nice day. |
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Quoted: I'll tell you what, RachelF or what ever your real name is, Why don't you start IM'ing MOD's and staff with your little demand, to live life here at AR15.com, without rules. Just my thoughts on the matter, But it would seem your leaving your little cage match down in the bear pit, to come back up here to GD, Is a clear indication, that you were losing, down there and wanted to come crying back up here for help. You should thank god, I'm not a MOD or the one ref'ing down there in the Bear pit. I'd have declared you the loser instantly for this little stunt and locked you up. Way I figure it, you've got less than 48 hour by my own calculations, before you cause enough trouble here, that the staff will ban you, not for two weeks, but for good. Have a nice day. Why do you hate me so much? What did I do to you? |
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Quoted: Do you think that program is for real? some of my computer wiz friends say it's a hoax - that it's impossible. Yes, the program could be legit. Chat bots in IRC are easy to write-- there are several free ones out there that are designed to act as people-- just add your own phrases, dictionary, and logic... There are ways to detect bots, and some chat rooms forbid them... If you look at that sample conversation, you can easily tell which is the bot-- but that's because we knew one of them was a bot... |
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Quoted: just add your own phrases, dictionary, and logic >>What do yu mean add your own phrases? from what i read the program acted by itself, made up its own lines See that part where I said "logic"... this is where you would program it on how to interact with the incoming phrases. You would probably still need to have a dictionary of words and phrases so you can have something original to talk about-- otherwise it will be obvious that its just cutting up current phrases and spitting them back out... PS: I was also referring to bots that you can easily find online for your own use-- which are less complex of course. |
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Why do I hate you so much...Ha Ha..HAHAHAHA...You've got to be kidding. Why don't you whine some more so some white knight will come and save the poor little waif...Jeez Luweez. Other than a couple of short posts, wondering if you were a coalition troll, I've pretty much stay'ed out of this thing RachelF. I've spent very little time worrying about you at all, But I am pretty informed about what goes on here on AR15.com. I've watched the situation for several days, while I post on real topics ABOUT GUNS. Yet I post my thought, that something is not quite right about you...And I get lumped in, as a hater, with the the guys down in the pit, who have really been working you over. Sounds like your standard, down pat attack, of "Please somebody come and defend the poor helpless little girl" from anybody who voices doubts about her real identity or intent. I told the BeeKeeper once in a thread a while back, that I would never post in the pit. I thought it was a mistake on the part of Ed Sr to even start the thing, as it was the lowest common denominator of AR15.com. I'm reconsidering that now and wondering if Ed was'nt a genuis for coming up with The Bear Pit, just as a safety valve, to allow trolls like you enough rope to hang yourselves, be spanked and then prompty banned. I don't hate you, I hate what your doing to the site RachelF and I belive your having just the effect, that was your intention when you first signed on. To cause problems and strife. Your a cancer on the site RachelF, Plain and Simple. Many a male troll has been banned here, for far less. This is kind of like watching AR15.coms very own version of the deal in boot camp, where they cut the female troops slack on how many PT reps thay do in relation to how many, male recuits do. A male troll would have been banned for this Sh*t yesterday, but since you claim to be a female, I guess their cutting you some slack. But Be carefull RachelF, because your fast running out of rope. |
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Quoted: Why do I hate you so much...Ha Ha..HAHAHAHA...You've got to be kidding. Why don't you whine some more so some white knight will come and save the poor little waif...Jeez Luweez. Other than a couple of short posts, wondering if you were a coalition troll, I've pretty much stay'ed out of this thing RachelF. I've spent very little time worrying about you at all, But I am pretty informed about what goes on here on AR15.com. I've watched the situation for several days, while I post on real topics ABOUT GUNS. Yet I post my thought, that something is not quite right about you...And I get lumped in, as a hater, with the the guys down in the pit, who have really been working you over. Sounds like your standard, down pat attack, of "Please somebody come and defend the poor helpless little girl" from anybody who voices doubts about her real identity or intent. I told the BeeKeeper once in a thread a while back, that I would never post in the pit. I thought it was a mistake on the part of Ed Sr to even start the thing, as it was the lowest common denominator of AR15.com. I'm reconsidering that now and wondering if Ed was'nt a genuis for coming up with The Bear Pit, just as a safety valve, to allow trolls like you enough rope to hang yourselves, be spanked and then prompty banned. I don't hate you, I hate what your doing to the site RachelF and I belive your having just the effect, that was your intention when you first signed on. To cause problems and strife. Your a cancer on the site RachelF, Plain and Simple. Many a male troll has been banned here, for far less. This is kind of like watching AR15.coms very own version of the deal in boot camp, where they cut the female troops slack on how many PT reps thay do in relation to how many, male recuits do. A male troll would have been banned for this Sh*t yesterday, but since you claim to be a female, I guess their cutting you some slack. But Be carefull RachelF, because your fast running out of rope. Are you some kind of psycho? What are you talking about? |
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Quoted: I told the BeeKeeper once in a thread a while back, that I would never post in the pit. I thought it was a mistake on the part of Ed Sr to even start the thing, as it was the lowest common denominator of AR15.com. I'm reconsidering that now and wondering if Ed was'nt a genuis for coming up with The Bear Pit, just as a safety valve, to allow trolls like you enough rope to hang yourselves, be spanked and then prompty banned. Actually, I think the pit was created as a result of the fights that would occur on Full-Auto and Pre-ban... |
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Quoted: Can we get back to the frogs please As amphibians, frogs have one webbed foot in each of two worlds. The advantages of this double life are clear to see: Are land predators giving you trouble? Dive into the water. Not enough to eat in the pond? Hop out and see what they're serving on shore. Frogs have evolved to live in an astounding variety of climates. They can be found just about anywhere there's fresh water, from the desert to the Arctic, on all continents except Antarctica. Though they thrive in warm, moist tropical climates, frogs also live in deserts and high on 15,000 foot mountain slopes. The Australian water-holding frog is a desert dweller that can wait up to seven years for rain. It burrows underground and surrounds itself in a transparent cocoon made of its own shed skin. Like all amphibians, frogs are cold-blooded, meaning that their body temperatures change with the temperature of their surroundings. When temperatures drop, some frogs dig burrows underground or in the mud at the bottom of ponds. They hibernate in these burrows until spring, perfectly still and scarcely breathing. Wood frogs can live north of the Arctic Circle, surviving for weeks in a frozen limbo state. This frog uses glucose in its blood as a kind of antifreeze that concentrates in its vital organs, protecting them from damage while the rest of the body freezes solid. [img]http://www.exploratorium.edu/frogs/woodfrog/images/thawed_sm.jpg[/img] |
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No SgtAR's a Psycho, But he's a Psycho, that actualy has something to say about guns and has been here as long as I can remember being on this Site...Which makes him my kind of Psycho, even if I don't agree with him from time to time. SgtAR's a member who actualy contributes to the site. You on the other hand are the weakest link...Good Bye. You know, I'm amazed, with all that trouble you were having with your computer not being able to post down in the pit and your excuse that the site ran to slow, being the reason you could not reply to SgtAR, Just how fast you were able to reply to my post up here on GD...Seems you only have problems with your connection or the sights being to slow down in the pit, but have no speed issues up here in the highest traffic forum on the site....Things that make you go Hmmmmmm. |
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[url]http://www.google.com/search?q=%22eliza%22[/url] AOL used to have one on the AIM system. It was pretty convincing unless you swore at it or talked about sex, then it would say it wasn't supposed to talk like that edit: my friend remembered it's name smarterchild Quoted: Do you think that program is for real? some of my computer wiz friends say it's a hoax - that it's impossible. |
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Quoted: Quoted: And why do people think you have been here before under the name Kelli?? Sgtar15 I am Rachel, remember? [rofl2] everyone here knows you used to post here under kelli, before you ran away b/c you got caught up in too many lies and bullshit liberal rants |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: [ELIZA]And what about that would actually seem strange to you?[/ELIZA] That one guy should have that much power. [ELIZA]And why do you feel [red]that one guy[/red] [red]hav[/red]ing [red]that much power[/red] is [red]strange[/red]?[/ELIZA] (computer guys should be getting the joke by now... ) [LOL] |
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Quoted: Why do I hate you so much...Ha Ha..HAHAHAHA...You've got to be kidding. Why don't you whine some more so some white knight will come and save the poor little waif...Jeez Luweez. Other than a couple of short posts, wondering if you were a coalition troll, I've pretty much stay'ed out of this thing RachelF. I've spent very little time worrying about you at all, But I am pretty informed about what goes on here on AR15.com. I've watched the situation for several days, while I post on real topics ABOUT GUNS. Yet I post my thought, that something is not quite right about you...And I get lumped in, as a hater, with the the guys down in the pit, who have really been working you over. Sounds like your standard, down pat attack, of "Please somebody come and defend the poor helpless little girl" from anybody who voices doubts about her real identity or intent. I told the BeeKeeper once in a thread a while back, that I would never post in the pit. I thought it was a mistake on the part of Ed Sr to even start the thing, as it was the lowest common denominator of AR15.com. I'm reconsidering that now and wondering if Ed was'nt a genuis for coming up with The Bear Pit, just as a safety valve, to allow trolls like you enough rope to hang yourselves, be spanked and then prompty banned. I don't hate you, I hate what your doing to the site RachelF and I belive your having just the effect, that was your intention when you first signed on. To cause problems and strife. Your a cancer on the site RachelF, Plain and Simple. Many a male troll has been banned here, for far less. This is kind of like watching AR15.coms very own version of the deal in boot camp, where they cut the female troops slack on how many PT reps thay do in relation to how many, male recuits do. A male troll would have been banned for this Sh*t yesterday, but since you claim to be a female, I guess their cutting you some slack. But Be carefull RachelF, because your fast running out of rope. This is the best comment I have read in a long time. I am really getting sick of the BS. This site seems to be changing. And I've only been here since Sept 03. |