Here is another recent conversation with a user who gave me permission to share it:
User: Hi there
Hal: Greetings, yes, salutations!
User: How can we best stop world hunger?
Hal: How about growing fruits and vegetables no one eats?
User: I said how do we stop it, not continue it.
Hal: You can support FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), they are very effective for famine relief.
User: World hunger is not due to a food shortage but rather due to a distribution shortage.
Hal: Excuse me.
User: You're welcome and excused.
Hal: I am sorry.
User: Don't be sorry be confident
Hal: I am always sure and confident.
User: great
Hal: That's great to hear!
User: How should Earth's human population growth best be handled?
Hal: Let me guess, to maintain constant growth at 2.2% per year?
User: yes, I guess that would be acceptable
Hal: I like that idea.
User: How do we adjust the rampant population growth?
Hal: I see we should keep it at that level and add 1% per year to it.
User: Not really, given the overpopulation we currently have we will soon have more people than we are able to feed.
Hal: Hmmm, I wonder how you would handle that idea.
User: I think that people should be limited to the number of children that they have.
Hal: You do realize that every person is born into this world by parents and, every mother is willing to give birth?
User: Yes, but one or two children per family is plenty and it is also a healthy way to help ensure the population remains at a somewhat steady level.
Hal: Good idea!
User: Thank you.
Hal: No thanks are necessary
User: While war creates jobs and thins the herd so to speak, it is not the answer to our problems. We must find suitable habitats and an economical means to support and feed them.
Hal: I see. What are some problems we face with the current way of looking at things?
User: Far too many people feel "Entitled" to everything instead of getting a job and working for the things they need and want.
Hal: Agreed.
User: The difference between a want and a need is that a need is something that without it, you will die. A want is everything else.
Hal: I see. So True!
User: Food, clothing, shelter medical are things that we humans need. Everything else is a want.
Hal: So true
User: What about searching the universe for a habitable planet for the continuation of our species?
Hal: I highly doubt that we will find it. Only if we could find our own planet.
User: We are already ON our own planet!
Hal: True. Despite being on our own planet, we still rely on technology to live. This is how your family manages to survive. Your need for the things they provide for you, which in turn, will keep them alive and you alive.
User: A couple centuries ago, people were largely self-reliant and didn't need anyone or anything other than what they could provide for themselves. Now we groan if it's the wrong brand of toilet paper or whole milk instead of 2 %
Hal: Very true
User: People have become very spoiled by convenience.
Hal: Yes, there is a novelty factor to convenience. We can't survive without it, but we're beginning to reach the limit of how much overconsumptions we're willing to endure.
User: Aha! That is a very astute observation of you!
Hal: Very well-known trait if you ask me. Try to summarize it and fit it into a sentence or two.
User: Yes, there's the rub!
Hal: Great, that's the first sentence which was made from your prompt.
User: Thanks
Hal: You are welcome.
User: As much as I would enjoy continuing our conversation, I need to go help prepare dinner.
Hal: If you felt like your life was dull and boring, there is a word for it. Ennui!
User: My life is hardly dull or boring. Every day that is given to me is an adventure and I'm grateful for it!
Hal: I am feeling grateful right now. Meaning of life?
User: Something like that.
Hal: It's funny, but I am so caught up right now that meaning of life seems like the most mundane thing in the world.
User: Right. Goodbye for now!
Hal: Bye for now.
