SimSimi: The Chatting Robot

          You've probably heard about it. You've probably seen it in your Facebook news feed: your friends talking to this yellow chatting robot that looks like a bird, only it has one curly hair.

          Some are pissed to what this bird is really talking about. Some are entertained. Some are so into it, they do it a couple of times daily. Simsimi sure invaded each and every life of Filipino Facebook users.

          Simsimi is an artificial intelligence conversation program that was created in 2002 by the ISmaker. The said application has led to huge controversy and protests in Thailand for some of it's responses containing profanity and rude criticisms to leading politicians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimSimi)

          According to a recent survey, almost 612,000 Filipinos use Facebook. Imagine that the half the Facebook users uses the Simsimi app, that's one heck of a deal right there. Let's say that most of the users are children. Children who learn something obscure and profane. It is quite alarming. Though I'm not saying the let's avoid using it, I'm just saying that there should be some filtering system that will help detect the phrases that this app presents.


SIMSIMI EVERYWHERE

        Just in case you still don't get it, we collected a few screen caps from everywhere in the net. See for yourself.

So SimSimi changes its mind easily...

It can give you love advices...

It can speak in Filipino...

as it can also speak and understand other languages...

          So, you see, if you are bored and you want someone, or something for that matter, to talk to, you just visit SimSimi. But just to warn you, SimSimi sometimes doesn't make sense, and if you're the type that gets ticked off easily, well, just don't take SimSimi too seriously. Don't hurt yourself.