[BITList] robots in conversation.

[x50type at cox.net]

  chatbot to chatbot - are these two married?
  ct

  When chatbots talk to each other, the conversation gets interesting in a hurry. Cornell University researchers rigged up a chatbot system to allow chatbots to talk to each other. The chatbot-vs.-chatbot interaction ranged from childish taunts to pseudo-metaphysical blatherings.

  Humans who converse with chatbots often get frustrated with the chatbots' seeming stupidity and inattention. Watching a couple of chatbots get snippy with each other for being stupid and inattentive is quite entertaining and satisfying. (See the video below.)

  The chatbot-vs.-chatbot avatars are a British man and a South Asian woman, both instances of Cleverbot, developed by artificial-intelligence programmer Rollo Carpenter. The software has learned phrases from millions of conversations it has had with humans on the Internet.


  Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20098950-1/chatbot-to-chatbot-chat-is-silly-and-satisfying/#ixzz1Wpye1A1k

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnzlbyTZsQY 
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