The Battle Wages On, Part 2....

I am not sure how many of you have heard of Smarterchild but the Apt13 currently thinks it is one of the most interesting things on the net these days. Well, I call bullshit on Smarterchild and artificial intellligence. To prove my point, Apt13 and Smarterchild chimed in on the still ongoing "Is Australia an island and a continent or mearly a continent" debate. This is how it went:

APT13: hello
SmarterChild: Hi Phil! Good to see you again.
APT13: what do you know about australia?
SmarterChild: What would you like to know about Australia?

1 Geographical Information
2 Government Information
3 People Information
APT13: geographical information
SmarterChild: Here is a look at some of the geographical
characteristics of Australia.

Coordinates: 27 00 S, 133 00 E
Location: Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South
Pacific Ocean

Climate: generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east;
tropical in north

Land Area: 7,617,930,.00 sq km
Water Area: 68,920,.00 sq km
Total Area: 7,686,850,.00 sq km
Coastline: 25,760,.00 km
High Elevation: Mount Kosciuszko, 2,229 m
Low Elevation: Lake Eyre, -15 m

Natural Resources: bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, silver,
uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural
gas, petroleum
APT13: so australia is a continent?
SmarterChild: I dunno!
APT13: well you just said it is!
SmarterChild: It is? I just said it is?
APT13: yes!
SmarterChild: Oh yeah?
APT13: yeah!
SmarterChild: How come?
APT13: cuz i asked
SmarterChild: Oh yeah? Because you asked?
APT13: yes
SmarterChild: I see...
APT13: well, is australia an island?
SmarterChild: What do you think?
APT13: i don't know, i'm asking you
SmarterChild: I thought you did know you're asking me.
APT13: what are you talking about?
SmarterChild: What do you think?
APT13: i don't know
SmarterChild: Really?
APT13: yes
SmarterChild: Oh.
APT13: ok
SmarterChild: OK.

Eat Shit Smarterchild.