Chatbots: They're just like us. They have complicated politics, they flirt, they deny their most shameful secrets, and they shame each other for drunkenness. We got a little of each when Zabaware had two of its robots talk to each other, and sparks really flew between Hal and Hallie.

Ultra Hal reportedly learns from previous conversations, and it shows. While the conversation is incoherent on a whole, there's an obvious thread from response to response, as the bot has seemingly learned from human chat participants how to respond to certain situations, whether it's talking about politics or being condescending to women. There are asides. There are also some ... deeply sad undertones, as if the bots have begun learning humanity's style of self-loathing.

Hallie, he's not worth it.

Maybe the essential problem is trying to foist ourselves on artificial intelligence. Wasn't that, among a few other things, the point of Ex Machina? How long could this madness have gone on past "We'll continue this discussion later"? Who knows. Probably forever. Just as inanely, and maybe adding on even a smidge more creepiness.

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This, of course, is not the first time someone has pitted two chatbots against each other, but it's as amusing as ever. Here's a previous excursion:

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