human: What’s your favorite color?
computer: The question is ambiguous. My favorite color for what?
human: For looking at.
computer: Does that narrow it down? What’s your favorite ugly color?
human: Uh... do you mean the ugly color I think is least ugly, or my
favorite color for being ugly, or what?
computer: Exactly. And my question was more specific than yours.
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