Geek Out

Why Burning Man Is Just A Chatbot Festival

Remember those amazing chatbots that talked about unicorns, God, and got a little flirty? As xkcd astutely observes, there’s only one other place on Earth you can find that combination of philosophy and disorientation: the Black Rock Desert, last weekendish.


August 30, 2011
Science

Two Chatbots Face Off To Discuss God And Unicorns

The sick bastards at Cornell’s Creative Machines Lab thought it’d be a hoot to force two chatbot AI programs to talk to one another. The result is deranged, extremely uncomfortable, a fraught with hostility. Much like real human interaction!