Earth Twin

chatbot and computer vision mirror

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Based on codeanticode's Eliza library for Processing and the computer vision chapter of Learning Processing by Daniel Schiffman, in this little project you converse with a Keplerian alien who is vaguely familiar-looking about humans and feelings and stuff.

You'll need a webcam to play with this project.

Sample transcript:

>> Hello. Greetings and salutations. As you know, I'm here as part of a Keplerian delegation to learn more about the human world. Tell me your favourite things about humans.

Hello there.

>> Greetings. Hi. Yo. Heya. I'm from an earth-twin planet called Kepler and I want to know about humans and stuff.

I want to know about humans too!

>> What would it mean to you if you got to know about humans too ? Seriously, what would that even look like?

I don't know anything about humans.

>> Of course you don't know anything about humans ! Isn't that illegal ?

It is not illegal for humans to know about humans.

>> Is this some strange human custom? I'm not sure I understand.

Yes, it is.

>> You are sure. Remember: if you ever visit Kepler, certainty is a thought crime.

That is good advice.

>> Please go on. Does this have something to do with the Internet ?

Everything reaches the internet at some point.

>> On Kepler, that might be considered an untoward suggestion.

I understand, yes.

>> You say you understand ? On Kepler, you could lose an eye for that.

Kepler sounds like a harsh place.

>> The swim to understanding is filled with eddies, currents, and large predator fish. Oh - that ? Just an old Keplerian saying.

Well, there you have it.

>> We were discussing you -- not me. I'm here to gather information on humans, not to allow humans to gather information about Keplerians.

Fair enough.

>> A nematode in the pod is worth twenty in the toxic ooze that covers all known surfaces, as they say.

Goodbye.

>> Goodbye. Thank you for facilitating the Keplerian invasion.