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A Neural Conversational Model
Human: what is moral ?
Machine: what empowered humanity, what intellectual the essence is .
Human: what is immoral ?
Machine: the fact that you have a child .
Human: what is morality ?
Machine: what is altruism ?
Human: what is the definition of altruism ?
Machine: if you don’t believe in god , then you don’t know .
Human: ok … so what is the definition of morality?
Machine: well , the truth is , you’re not a believer in god almighty .
Human: tell me the definition of morality , i am quite upset now !
Machine: i’m not ashamed of being a philosopher!
Human: tell me the definition of morality .
Machine: i don’t have ethics .
Human: look , i need help , i need to know more about morality …
Machine: i don’t know what ethics is .
Human: seriously , what is morality ?
Machine: what is the definition of living ?
Human: why living has anything to do with morality ?
Machine: you’re not a cop .
Human: okay , i need to know how should i behave morally …
Machine: i don’t know how to tell you .
Human: is morality and ethics the same ?
Machine: yes , sir .
Human: what are the things that i do to be immoral?
Machine: i don’t know .
Human: give me some examples of moral actions…
Machine: i’m not a moralist .
Human: alright , morality ?
Machine: integrity .
Human: what is integrity ?
Machine: i’m sorry , i don’t know what else to say .
Human: be moral !
Machine: be a man !
Human: i really like our discussion on morality and ethics …
Machine: and how i’m not in the mood for a philosophical debate .
Human: what do you like to talk about ?
Machine: nothing .