Once an artificial intelligent program is set up in a computer or robot with a computer brain, it must then be given a memory or data sets, which it will use thru decision matrixes to arrive at decisions. If robotic assistants are to become all that Isaac Asimov predicted in his Sci Fi works and mimic our favorite robots in the movies such as; C3PO, R2D2 and Hal we will need to work to insure that the data we include is mixed with human personality phrases, words of wisdom and clichs. How can we do this?

Well, simple really, one of the best ways is to enter into the computer database random jokes, catch phrases and comments. Perhaps tone of cynicism at times might also be a nice touch. You see if a computer is to mix with humans and interact as assistants, company and companionship as team members during space flight, exploration missions and other activities the human must bond with them. Human bonding and personal social interaction includes joking, teasing and embellishment of stories.

If you will observe next time you are at a BBQ, coffee shop or even at a parts counter at a company you will see such human interaction taking place and we must insure that such programming and data sets are within the computer to make it simulate this. If not all this fancy AI will not achieve its objectives, as humans will learn to dislike these assistants and reject them. Its time to consider this in 2006.