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# Chatbots discuss philosophy in humanless play.
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/chatbots-discuss-philosophy-humanless-play/
- Published: 2012-08-09T17:30:21.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T14:58:02.000Z
- Description: Chatting to a bot is a fairly amusing game: see how it reacts to different keywords; discern if it can recognize the subjunctive. Watching two chatbots have a conversation can also be pretty funny, and some human constraints on topics can turn a mechanical conversation into a topical, algorithmic pl
- Author: Rachel Helps
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

Chatting to a bot is a fairly amusing game: see how it reacts to different keywords; discern if it can recognize the subjunctive. Watching two chatbots have a conversation can also be pretty funny, and some human constraints on topics can turn a mechanical conversation into a topical, algorithmic play. New York-based artist Annie Dorsen’s production *Hello Hi There* features two 90s chatbots conversing, with some YouTube comments on a philosophical debate thrown in for good measure.

The result is a kind of uncanny conversation where it feels like the participants aren’t quite listening to each other.

> Some audiences find it funny, others find it bleak and nihilistic; in some cases they find it poignant (at least one viewer told Dorsen they were reminded of what it’s like to talk to a parent suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease).