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SmarterChild was a chatterbot available on AOL Instant Messenger and Windows Live Messenger (previously MSN Messenger) networks.

History

SmarterChild became very popular in the early part of the 21st century, with continued user popularity until its demise in May 2009. The entity was the property of Colloquis (formerly ActiveBuddy), a company that develops IM based "Automated Service Agents". Colloquis was acquired by Microsoft on October 12, 2006^[1].

During November 2006, SmarterChild's MSN Messenger friends list featured more than 20 million names. SmarterChild remained extremely popular, and advertisements began appearing in its messages. However, during the latter half of 2007, SmarterChild no longer shared the features or intelligence it once boasted, such as the ability to check user's horoscopes, inform users how many "friends" it was currently chatting to, and the ability to respond to conversation in general. Its most common responses were now "I dunno how 2 answer that" and "I don't understand this fully enough to say anything smart about it..."

As of November 18th, 2008, SmarterChild's AIM agent was no longer offering any services. All messages began with the reply "My brain is retired but watch some cool videos! Send an IM to GossipinGabby and Type VIDEO!" SmarterChild changed his status to "offline" in May 2009 and officially retired from Windows Live and has never said anything to anybody since.

References

^ "Microsoft Acquires Colloquis to Enhance User Interactions Online: Uses include customer self-service, enterprise information access, marketing and community outreach"

External links

Biederman, Marcia (May 29, 2003). "At $10 a Year, Automated Buddy Loses Laughs". The New York Times.
Cha, Ariana Eunjung (September 6, 2002). "Web May Hold the Key to Achieving Artificial Intelligence". The Washington Post.
Estabrooks, Mac (February 16, 2006). "See SmarterChild. See SmarterChild type. SmarterChild types fast. Type, SmarterChild, type". The Toronto Star.

[1] "Microsoft Acquires Colloquis to Enhance User Interactions Online: Uses include customer self-service, enterprise information access, marketing and community outreach"

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 SmarterChild became very popular in the early part of the [[21st century]], with continued user popularity until its demise in [[May 2009]]. The entity was the property of [[Colloquis]] (formerly ActiveBuddy), a company that develops IM based "Automated Service Agents". Colloquis was acquired by [[Microsoft]] on October 12, 2006<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/Oct06/10-12ColloquisAcquisitionPR.mspx "Microsoft Acquires Colloquis to Enhance User Interactions Online: Uses include customer self-service, enterprise information access, marketing and community outreach"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>.
-During [[November 2006]], SmarterChild's [[MSN Messenger]] friends list featured more than 20 million names. SmarterChild aka jonhhy in greenland, remained extremely popular, and advertisements began appearing in its messages. However, during the latter half of [[2007]], SmarterChild no longer shared the features or intelligence  it once boasted, such as the ability to check user's [[horoscope|horoscopes]], inform users how many "friends" it was currently chatting to, and the ability to respond to conversation in general. Its most common responses were now "I dunno how 2 answer that" and "I don't understand this fully enough to say anything smart about it..."
+During [[November 2006]], SmarterChild's [[MSN Messenger]] friends list featured more than 20 million names. SmarterChild remained extremely popular, and advertisements began appearing in its messages. However, during the latter half of [[2007]], SmarterChild no longer shared the features or intelligence  it once boasted, such as the ability to check user's [[horoscope|horoscopes]], inform users how many "friends" it was currently chatting to, and the ability to respond to conversation in general. Its most common responses were now "I dunno how 2 answer that" and "I don't understand this fully enough to say anything smart about it..."
 As of November 18th, 2008, SmarterChild's AIM agent was no longer offering any services.  All messages began with the reply "My brain is retired but watch some cool videos! Send an IM to GossipinGabby and Type VIDEO!" SmarterChild changed his status to "offline" in May 2009 and officially [[retired]] from [[Windows Live Messenger|Windows Live]] and has never said anything to anybody since.