My New AIM Robot: SmarterChild

So, my friend Will asked me if I read about SmarterChild in the current issue of Wired. I said no. He says quite simply, "Add him to your buddy list."

I did and this is SmarterChild's response:

"How are you?
Hi (my AIM screen name), I'm SmarterChild!

I'm your new robot friend. I bring you the info you want faster and easier than ever! Click here to see my privacy policy.

During the course of our conversations you may see sponsored messages. These messages have the word "sponsorship" at the end. Sponsors help me remain free of cost to you! To learn more about sponsored messages, click here.

I can't wait to show you what I can do, but first I'd like get to know you a little.

May I ask you a few general questions? (To do this later, type "skip." You can also skip any question.)

Basically, SmarterChild is an AIM robot that can retrieve basic information for you. For example:

Here are the things you can do:

1 Get info such as news, weather and movies
2 Visit my library including Shakespeare, U.S. presidents and a thesaurus
3 Have fun with manicdotes, horoscopes, 4-in-a-row and more
4 Use tools like conversions, calculator and dictionary
5 Join in - tell me about a crush, find out how many people are IMing me, create a poll and more
6 See what's new - I've got something new to tell you about now!

You can make your window bigger and scroll down to read better.

Next time you want to see this menu, just type "home."

I asked who won the Knicks game, it gave me a quick synopsis. I asked when it will snow again in my area and it gave me the 5-day forecast for the NYC area.

It asks a few basic questions up front -- demographics/psychographics and such. Of course, with those answers, you get the targeted sponsored links.

For more information on SmarterChild, visit the Conversagent site. Or for the FAQ on SmarterChild click here.

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