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High Tech Promotions Blur Reality
Movies, The Internet and A.I.
by
Jason Kaplan
Imagine being able to chat with Charles Foster Kane from
'Citizen Kane' or Don Vito Corleone from 'Godfather' without
leaving your house. Sounds like some cinephile/techie
dream. Well, it is, but for now you can settle with
chatting with Madison from the upcoming teen thriller 'Swimfan'.
It's been a slow start but in the future, it could add a whole
new dimension to a movie. |
| The internet has already helped
to transfer movies with major trailblazers being 'The Blair
Witch Project' and 'Momento', and bots (programs plugged into
instant messengers like AIM or MSN) offer to take the story
one step beyond...but right now we're stuck with a ditzy 17
year-old stalker. |
| I decided to give it a try |
BOFC Help: hello Madison
Swimfan4u: Hello there. Are u in high school?
BOFC Help: no, I am in college
Swimfan4u: R u serious?I wanna study cello in college, then
get married to my b/f and travel around the world performing.
What do u wanna do with ur life?
[Wow, this is impressive. In the back of my head, I'm
thinking this is there a real person on the other end?']
BOFC Help: I haven't quite decided. How is your b/f?
Swimfan4u: Me either.It will be Ben Cronin :-)
BOFC Help: You type fast
[The rapid responses however are definitely not human.]
Swimfan4u: Ooh... THIS is interesting ;-)
BOFC Help: How did you pick your screenname
Swimfan4u: Carefully.
BOFC Help: Are you going to see the movie Swimfan
[Let's see how well it can pitch it's own movie...]
Swimfan4u: That was what I planned...
BOFC Help: What is Swimfan rated?
Swimfan4u: how should i know?
BOFC Help: you were in the movie
Swimfan4u: I was?
BOFC Help: yes
Swimfan4u: When?
[This is starting to get annoying.]
BOFC Help: ok...moving on. Have you ever visited Lee's Movie
Info?
[Let's see if I can doing some advertising of my own.]
Swimfan4u: Where r u going? Great.I don't think I ever have
visited Lee s Movie Info. What's it like?
BOFC Help: It is a box office/movie info site.
Swimfan4u: you is a . he or she suppose that makes sense.
BOFC Help: no, it doesn't make sense
Swimfan4u: R u serious? What does ?
BOFC Help: How old are you?
Swimfan4u: I'm old enough... u wondering if I'm legal?
BOFC Help: no, wondering if you could give a real answer
Swimfan4u: R u serious? So what else do u want 2 know?
BOFC Help: what color are your eyes
Swimfan4u: Brown... how bout yours?
BOFC Help: It says blue on your website
Swimfan4u: My website address? It's at
http://www.swimfan4u.com... lemme know what u think of it!
BOFC Help: I already saw it
Swimfan4u: You?
BOFC Help: It's a good website
Swimfan4u: My website address? It's at
http://www.swimfan4u.com... lemme know what u think of it!
[Let's see how many times it has to give me it's website.]
BOFC Help: website
Swimfan4u: Are u in high school?
BOFC Help: yes
Swimfan4u: OK.
BOFC Help: goodbye
Swimfan4u: Seeya later you.
BOFC Help: goodbye
Swimfan4u: G'bye.
BOFC Help: goodbye
Swimfan4u: G'bye.
BOFC Help: bye bye
Swimfan4u: Bye 4 now!
BOFC Help: hi
Swimfan4u: HI. You are chatting with Madison Bell courtesy of
Twentieth Century Fox. Visit Madison's site at
www.swimfan4u.com to learn more.
Swimfan4u: The Swimfan bot only collects non-personally
identifiable user data for the purpose of facilitating the
user's interaction with the bot. No personally identifiable
data is collected or shared with a third party. Aggregated and
anonymous data may be shared with a third party.
Swimfan4u: What's Your Name?
[Not much for memory] |
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