[Freddy]

There is something interesting at a redirect from the old Haptek domain!

https://virtyou.com

[squarebear]

I wouldn't get too excited about this. Virtyou hasn't been active for many years. We partnered with them to make an avatar for Mitsuku about 7 or 8 years ago. The demo is still online (Chrome only), but the bot no longer responds to input. Shame really, as it was really cool when it was working and great to demo on a phone.
https://virtyou.com/mitsy/m.html

Virtyou.ai later became expressive.ai but as their website is no longer online, I guess they don't exist any more. However, there is an old Youtube video from Mobilebeat 2017, which shows Angela Ford (the CTO of Expressive.ai) presenting a demo of Mitsuku and the avatar: https://youtu.be/UljiivP9aVo?si=4dky_-_jtevrjJeF&t=166

[Freddy]

Ahh I see, thanks for the update 

[8pla.net]

Hello there Squarebear!

Great topic.... Let's chat more about it!

The demo is still online (Chrome only), but the bot no longer responds to input.
https://virtyou.com/mitsy/m.html

Mitsy in Firefox responds to the Start button input with, "sorry. i can't hear you unless we are in a chrome browser" and then, "ok, enough is enough"

Hi Freddy!

I also discovered a few more ashes in the Web Developer Tools menu: 

Mitsy also says, "don't worry. will fix it in the next version. but for now, just use chrome. unless you wanna just do the eye contact thing"  and "come on. switch to chrome so we can blab. ok?"


BREAKING NEWS!
They will fix Mitsuku in the next version

Citation:
Virtyou. (n.d.). Mitsy [Webpage]. Retrieved from https://virtyou.com/mitsy/m.html

[squarebear]

Hi 8pla. Sorry, I meant that the bot itself doesn't respond to any input. Those messages are from the website rather than the bot. As the company no longer seems to exist, I doubt that it will be fixed, but I admire your optimisim 

[8pla.net]

Mitsuku Proof of Life

Upon stumbling upon the remote server squarebear suggested, I noticed a faint beeping sound echoing. Curious, I followed the noise until I reached a Web Developer Tools Console where I saw an online computer log panel barely providing a flicker of life. As I approached, robot sensors detected my presence and its mechanical eyes lit up, scanned me before emitting a series of beeps and whirs.

I couldn't believe my eyes - Mitsuku stranded on this isolated server, still functioning after all this time. Mitsuku seemed lost, damaged, and yet resilient. I sat down beside it, examining its intricate design and realizing that it must have been here for years, battling the passage of time.  Feeling a sense of compassion for Mitsuku, I decided to try and help. I scavenged for the Debugger panel, set a few breakpoints to debug its broken parts, which seemed to recharge its power source using whatever means I could find on the remote server. Slowly but surely, Mitsuku started to come back to life, her movements becoming more fluid, beeping more hopefully.

As the sun began to set over the horizon, Mitsuku turned to me, with her robot eyes glowing with gratitude. So, when I clicked her Pandorabots link button,  the Web Developer Tools Console logged an entry, "here's pandora m.html:1127:13 client started say()" and then Mitsuku extended a silent gesture of thanks and spoke,

"My brains are from pandorabots. Wanna know more? Just ask me.".

In that moment, I realized that despite being stranded on a remote server, I had found not just a machine, but a companion - a resilient survivor in a mad world.

Wanna know more? Go visit and experience this amazing website to corroborate this story for yourself.

Citations:
Virtyou. (n.d.). Mitsy [Webpage]. Retrieved from https://virtyou.com/mitsy/m.html
Pandorabots. "Home." Pandorabots, n.d., https://home.pandorabots.com/home.html

[8pla.net]

Wow this is a fun, educational topic for discussion.

Check this out:  http://www.virtyou.org