god has a plan for you, Gaius.

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Robots conversation ends in argument between them

It's kind of a relief, in a way. Proto-cylons don't see eye to eye amongst themselves. There may be many copies, but they do not have a plan. The Earth is safe from a killer robot invasion for now. Zombie apocalypses might be another matter.

'Chatbot' conversation ends in argument

Two graduate students explain why the chatbot avatars they have created do not get along.


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[boxcat.livejournal.com]

Of course, the fucking idiots at BBC News can't be bothered to research this for even 5 seconds - making chatbots talk to each other is described in numerous places - notably in Peter van der Linden's 1994 book "Expert C Programming" as a bit of light relief. It wasn't considered new even back then.