I met him because he commented on one of my posts.
'Meep', he said
I thanked him for his wise word and invited him to follow me as I'd appreciate his point of view on my other posts.
'Meep', he replied.
'You can say that again!', I said.
And he did. 'Meep '.
'I had a feeling you'd say that ', I told him.
'Meep'
'I can see why you're called ionlysaymeep. You must have some fascinating conversations.'
'Meep '
'I think you must be the wisest person on the whole wide internet. Are you a person? I met a couple of bots here who were very friendly. I wouldn't have known that their intelligence was artificial if they hadn't been polite enough to tell me.'
...We could have gone on all day. For me it's not a problem, because I'm used to talking to myself. I didn’t mind as every time I replied he'd upvote my comment, so I made a dollar or so from talking to him. But mainly because it was funny and entertaining, to see where this one sided conversation would lead... imagining the other weird conversations he must be having...
But now I'm starting to wonder. ..
WHAT IF THERE ARE ACTUALLY NO PEOPLE HERE AT ALL?
Obviously, I know that I'm a human, and I know that my friend alex is a human because I know him in real life, but.....
WHAT IF EVERYONE ELSE ARE ROBOTS?
(or even half the people)
How would I know?
What if this is some strange experiment in Artificial Intelligence in which we are being tested and trained against robot minds....
Well, I don't want to get too carried away on this theme. It could lead in all sorts of directions, I'm sure you can imagine - not all of them so pleasant.
But please, just to set my mind at ease, I would very much appreciate it if you would leave a comment and if you are a robot, introduce yourself as one. And if you are a human please say that in your comment, as well as something to help me know that you really are a human and not a robot pretending to be human.
Thank you. I look forward to your comments.