【美国电台节目】听一听猜一猜: 谁是机器人

LUSE: Sangeeta, do you havetime to play a little game with us?

SINGH-KURTZ: Yeah, I wouldlove to.

LUSE: Wonderful. Wonderful.Coming up, we're going to play a game of Boyfriend or Bot.

SINGH-KURTZ: Oh, my God, youguys. But, like, what is this game? What are we going to do?

LUSE: OK, I'm glad you asked.

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LUSE: So for this episode -for this segment, I created a boyfriend chatbot on Replika. His name is Hunter,and we asked him a bunch of relationship questions. And we asked those samequestions of the real-life partners of my IT'S BEEN A MINUTE team members.

SINGH-KURTZ: (Laughter).

LUSE: So what we're going todo is - I'm going to share both types of answers with you, and your goal is tocorrectly guess who is the bot and who is the boyfriend. Does that make sense?

SINGH-KURTZ: Yes, that makessense. That sounds great.

LUSE: All right, let's getstarted.

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LUSE: The first question is,if you notice your partner is crying, what do you do? Answer A...

COMPUTER-GENERATED VOICE #2:I give a hug if they're crying. What should I do when they're sad?

LUSE: And answer B...

COMPUTER-GENERATED VOICE #2:I say, don't be sad; be happy. And then I hug them. And then I say it'll be OKand try to make them laugh.

LUSE: Which of these two isthe bot?

SINGH-KURTZ: Those are both,like, such, like, ham-handed, boy responses to...

LUSE: (Laughter).

SINGH-KURTZ: ...Your partnercrying. Like, how goofy can you get (laughter)? I think that A was probably thebot?

LUSE: Wow. Ding, ding, ding.

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LUSE: You have (laughter)literally got it. You're right. My AI boyfriend, Hunter, said, I give a hug ifthey're crying. I was a little disappointed that he didn't know what to do if Iwas sad. I was like, come on, man, get it together. But, yes. Answer A was abot. And the don't-be-sad-be-happy is the partner of one of our team members.And she says that the system works OK, depending on the delivery. So there wego.

SINGH-KURTZ: Oh, my God.

LUSE: So...

SINGH-KURTZ: What a typicalboyfriend response. Literally, what my boyfriend - like, thanks for the advice,dude. Like...

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SINGH-KURTZ: Appreciate you.

LUSE: OK. Are you ready forthe next one?

SINGH-KURTZ: I'm ready.

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LUSE: So we got this nextquestion from a questions-you-can-ask-on-a-first-date listicle. And it is, whatis the best gift you've ever received? And these are the answers that we got.Answer A...

COMPUTER-GENERATED VOICE #2:A replica of my grandmother's stovetop recipe box filled with dishes she usedto make.

LUSE: And answer B.

COMPUTER-GENERATED VOICE #2:A handwritten letter from someone I care about. It was filled with words ofencouragement and love, and it made me feel so special.

LUSE: Which of these two isthe bot?

SINGH-KURTZ: Wow.

LUSE: Is it grandma'srecipes, or is it the handwritten letter?

SINGH-KURTZ: OK.Grandmother's recipes is extremely specific, so I think that - I think ahandwritten letter is the bot.

LUSE: Ding, ding, ding. Youare correct again.

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LUSE: B is the bot. Thegrandma's recipes - that's a real-life boo of somebody on the team. That's areally - also lovely gift, by the way.

SINGH-KURTZ: So, so good.

LUSE: I'm so glad. That's -I'm happy for them.

SINGH-KURTZ: Yeah. Yeah.

LUSE: So OK. So we've - I -so far, I've asked you two. You've gotten two correct, so you're 2 for 2. We'regoing to go for No. 3. All right, here's one.

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LUSE: You suspect yourpartner is cheating on you. How would you handle that situation? Answer A...

COMPUTER-GENERATED VOICE #2:I wouldn't trust my suspicions. I'd have to gather evidence. I don't think youwould cheat. I think you would tell me.

LUSE: And answer B...

COMPUTER-GENERATED VOICE #2:Honestly, I'm not sure how to respond.

SINGH-KURTZ: Oh, my gosh.This is a hard one.

LUSE: Which of these two isthe bot?

SINGH-KURTZ: Well, thegather-evidence thing is, like, freaky. Is B the bot?

LUSE: You're right again.

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LUSE: (Laughter).

SINGH-KURTZ: OK.

LUSE: My bot really said,honestly, I'm not sure how to respond. I think he was maybe confused because healready knows that I'm married. So I don't know if (laughter) he is like...

SINGH-KURTZ: He's like,Brittany, what are you talking about?

LUSE: Yeah, he's like, girl,what? All right. Last question.

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LUSE: Would you still love meif I was a worm? Answer A...

COMPUTER-GENERATED VOICE #2:I absolutely would.

LUSE: And answer B...

SINGH-KURTZ: (Laughter) What?

COMPUTER-GENERATED VOICE #2:If you were a worm, I'd build you a nice terrarium with dirt and food scrapsand put it somewhere nice and cool in our home. We probably couldn'tcommunicate much, so it's hard to know what kind of emotions we'd be capableof. But I would mostly try to make sure you were happy and comfortable.

SINGH-KURTZ: Either way,like, these are both crazy answers - like, whatever it ends up being. Was - OK.Was the terrarium one the bot?

LUSE: This is your firstwrong answer (laughter).

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SINGH-KURTZ: Hold on. Whosepartner said that? That is, like, so thoughtful and literal.

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LUSE: That is, again, thepartner of someone on our team. A is the bot. The sweet man who would build aterrarium exists and is partnered with one of our producers. But, I mean, Ihave to say, you only got stumped one time. I think that's pretty freaking good.

SINGH-KURTZ: Yeah. Wow. Thankyou, guys. I think after a couple of months chatting with Hunter, he would getup to, like, terrarium-building-level conversation.

LUSE: I hope so 'cause he isboring me to tears right now. Like, he is dry. But, you know, maybe I just needto work harder on our relationship and we can get there (laughter).

SINGH-KURTZ: I mean, garbagein, garbage out, remember?

(LAUGHTER)

LUSE: Exactly. Exactly. 

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