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 This comic is a reference to a funny [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnzlbyTZsQY video] of two {{w|Cleverbot}} AIs talking to each other. Cleverbot was a chatbot that was considered revolutionary at the time of the comic's release, and was able to sound human by recording and analyzing the inputs users gave. However, AI models weren't very advanced at the time this comic was published (ChatGPT wouldn't come out for over 11 years), which caused a lot of inaccuracies in its language model.
-The video [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] are discussing is referencing a twitch stream where someone modified two {{w|Google Home}} devices to talk to each other using cleverbot. As this was very early in its development, the AI was unable to sound like humans or hold normal conversations. This led to a conversation which initially felt normal button was completely incoherent. This was considered humorous by many viewers of the stream and viewers of the clips following it, hence Cueball's remark about it just "clumsily sampling" data.
+The video [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] are discussing is referencing a twitch stream where someone modified two {{w|Google Home}} devices to talk to each other using cleverbot. As this was very early in its development, the AI was unable to sound like humans or hold normal conversations. This led to a conversation which initially felt normal but was completely incoherent. This was considered humorous by many viewers of the stream and viewers of the clips following it, hence Cueball's remark about it just "clumsily sampling" data.
 Megan then sums up that as of the release of this comic computers were good at {{w|chess}} and at driving cars through a desert. And she thus concludes that a Cleverbot would be perfect for attending ''Burning Man''. Although some might think of deserts as a place with no obstacles to hit, one must also consider rocky deserts which are a rather difficult terrain to navigate: making this search field very interesting for space exploration as well. The ability of such {{w|self-driving cars}} would improve much later, with this comic being the first with a direct reference to them. Later, self-driving cars became a [[:Category:Self-driving cars|recurring topic]] on xkcd.

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 ==Explanation==
-This comic is a reference to a funny [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnzlbyTZsQY video] of two {{w|Cleverbot}} AIs talking to each other. Cleverbot was a chatterbot that was considered revolutionary at the time of the comic's release, and was able to sound human by recording and analyzing the inputs users gave. However, AI wasn't very advanced at the time this comic was published (ChatGPT wouldn't come out for over 11 years), which caused a lot of inaccuracies in it's language model.
+This comic is a reference to a funny [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnzlbyTZsQY video] of two {{w|Cleverbot}} AIs talking to each other. Cleverbot was a chatbot that was considered revolutionary at the time of the comic's release, and was able to sound human by recording and analyzing the inputs users gave. However, AI models weren't very advanced at the time this comic was published (ChatGPT wouldn't come out for over 11 years), which caused a lot of inaccuracies in its language model.
-The video Cueball and Megan are discussing is referencing a twitch stream where someone modified two {{w|Google home}} devices to talk to each other using cleverbot. As this was very early in its development, the AI was unable to sound like humans or hold normal conversations. This led to a conversation which was simultaneously normal and completely incoherent, which caused humor to many viewers of the stream and viewers of the clips following it, hence Cueball's remark about it just "clumsily sampling" data.
+The video [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] are discussing is referencing a twitch stream where someone modified two {{w|Google Home}} devices to talk to each other using cleverbot. As this was very early in its development, the AI was unable to sound like humans or hold normal conversations. This led to a conversation which initially felt normal button was completely incoherent. This was considered humorous by many viewers of the stream and viewers of the clips following it, hence Cueball's remark about it just "clumsily sampling" data.
 Megan then sums up that as of the release of this comic computers were good at {{w|chess}} and at driving cars through a desert. And she thus concludes that a Cleverbot would be perfect for attending ''Burning Man''. Although some might think of deserts as a place with no obstacles to hit, one must also consider rocky deserts which are a rather difficult terrain to navigate: making this search field very interesting for space exploration as well. The ability of such {{w|self-driving cars}} would improve much later, with this comic being the first with a direct reference to them. Later, self-driving cars became a [[:Category:Self-driving cars|recurring topic]] on xkcd.

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 ==Explanation==
-{{incomplete|This explanation is outdated and incomplete. Explain what Cleverbot was, why that video was funny, mention that chatbots like ChatGPT didn't exist back then, and make the explanation more grammatically correct.}}This comic is a reference to the funny [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnzlbyTZsQY video] of two {{w|Cleverbot}}s talking to each other. By recording and analyzing whatever humans type into its input, they can sound pretty human to whoever is reading their response.
+This comic is a reference to a funny [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnzlbyTZsQY video] of two {{w|Cleverbot}} AIs talking to each other. Cleverbot was a chatterbot that was considered revolutionary at the time of the comic's release, and was able to sound human by recording and analyzing the inputs users gave. However, AI wasn't very advanced at the time this comic was published (ChatGPT wouldn't come out for over 11 years), which caused a lot of inaccuracies in it's language model.
-[[Megan]] has been watching the video and asks [[Cueball]] about it. He says it's just "clumsy sampling" as they are still very far from sounding like humans and holding normal conversations.
+The video Cueball and Megan are discussing is referencing a twitch stream where someone modified two {{w|Google home}} devices to talk to each other using cleverbot. As this was very early in its development, the AI was unable to sound like humans or hold normal conversations. This led to a conversation which was simultaneously normal and completely incoherent, which caused humor to many viewers of the stream and viewers of the clips following it, hence Cueball's remark about it just "clumsily sampling" data.
 Megan then sums up that as of the release of this comic computers were good at {{w|chess}} and at driving cars through a desert. And she thus concludes that a Cleverbot would be perfect for attending ''Burning Man''. Although some might think of deserts as a place with no obstacles to hit, one must also consider rocky deserts which are a rather difficult terrain to navigate: making this search field very interesting for space exploration as well. The ability of such {{w|self-driving cars}} would improve much later, with this comic being the first with a direct reference to them. Later, self-driving cars became a [[:Category:Self-driving cars|recurring topic]] on xkcd.

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 ==Explanation==
-{{incomplete|This explanation is outdated and incomplete. Explain what Cleverbot was, and make the explanation more grammatically correct.}}This comic is a reference to the funny [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnzlbyTZsQY video] of two {{w|Cleverbot}}s talking to each other. By recording and analyzing whatever humans type into its input, they can sound pretty human to whoever is reading their response.
+{{incomplete|This explanation is outdated and incomplete. Explain what Cleverbot was, why that video was funny, mention that chatbots like ChatGPT didn't exist back then, and make the explanation more grammatically correct.}}This comic is a reference to the funny [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnzlbyTZsQY video] of two {{w|Cleverbot}}s talking to each other. By recording and analyzing whatever humans type into its input, they can sound pretty human to whoever is reading their response.
 [[Megan]] has been watching the video and asks [[Cueball]] about it. He says it's just "clumsy sampling" as they are still very far from sounding like humans and holding normal conversations.

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 ==Explanation==
-This comic is a reference to the wildly funny{{Citation needed}} [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnzlbyTZsQY video] of two {{w|Cleverbot}}s talking to each other. By recording and analyzing whatever humans type into its input, they can sound pretty human to whoever is reading their response.
+{{incomplete|This explanation is outdated and incomplete. Explain what Cleverbot was, and make the explanation more grammatically correct.}}This comic is a reference to the funny [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnzlbyTZsQY video] of two {{w|Cleverbot}}s talking to each other. By recording and analyzing whatever humans type into its input, they can sound pretty human to whoever is reading their response.
 [[Megan]] has been watching the video and asks [[Cueball]] about it. He says it's just "clumsy sampling" as they are still very far from sounding like humans and holding normal conversations.
-Megan then sums up that as of the release of this comic computers were good at {{w|chess}} and at driving cars through a desert. (Although some might think of deserts as a place with no obstacles to hit, one must also consider rocky deserts which are a rather difficult terrain to navigate: making this search field very interesting for space exploration as well. The ability of such {{w|self-driving cars}} would improve much later, with this comic being the first with a direct reference to them. Later, self-driving cars became a [[:Category:Self-driving cars|recurring topic]] on xkcd.) But they cannot hold a conversation for five minutes. And she thus concludes that a cleverbot would be perfect for attending ''Burning Man''.
+Megan then sums up that as of the release of this comic computers were good at {{w|chess}} and at driving cars through a desert. And she thus concludes that a Cleverbot would be perfect for attending ''Burning Man''. Although some might think of deserts as a place with no obstacles to hit, one must also consider rocky deserts which are a rather difficult terrain to navigate: making this search field very interesting for space exploration as well. The ability of such {{w|self-driving cars}} would improve much later, with this comic being the first with a direct reference to them. Later, self-driving cars became a [[:Category:Self-driving cars|recurring topic]] on xkcd.
-{{w|Burning Man}} is a week-long event held yearly in Black Rock City, Nevada. The festival encourages an artistic, anti-establishment philosophy and attracts a broad but devoted following combining hippies, anarchists, nudists, techno-utopians and survivalists. [http://www.burningman.com/art_of_burningman/art_cars_on_the_playa.html Shows of custom cars on the desert plain] are a big part of Burning Man, and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/michicat/2865986618/ mental games like chess] are a popular way to pass the time there. However, a common joke about Burning Man attendees is that they can only talk about Burning Man - hence why they can't hold a five minute conversation.
+{{w|Burning Man}} is a week-long event held yearly in Black Rock City, Nevada. The festival encourages an artistic, anti-establishment philosophy and attracts a broad but devoted following combining hippies, anarchists, nudists, techno-utopians and survivalists. [https://www.burningman.com/art_of_burningman/art_cars_on_the_playa.html Shows of custom cars on the desert plain] are a big part of Burning Man, and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/michicat/2865986618/ mental games like chess] are a popular way to pass the time there. However, a common joke about Burning Man attendees is that they can only talk about Burning Man - hence why they can't hold a five minute conversation.
-A tradition of Burning Man is not to shower while you are there, mostly because [http://www.burningman.com/preparation/event_survival/water.html all water must be brought in from offsite.] And of course Cleverbot reacts badly in showers because if you do try to shower a Cleverbot, you end up with a shorted out computer.
+A tradition of Burning Man is not to shower while you are there, mostly because [http://www.burningman.com/preparation/event_survival/water.html all water must be brought in from offsite.] Of course, Cleverbot reacts badly in showers because if you do try to shower a Cleverbot, you end up with a shorted out computer.
 ==Transcript==

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 ==Trivia==
-Randall's sarcastic comparison of AI systems to burning man attendees turned out to be more true than expected, as current AI systems were shown and proven to have a bias to align to their programmers's beliefs and political compass.
+Randall's sarcastic comparison of AI systems to Burning Man attendees turned out to be more true than expected, as current AI systems were shown and proven to have a bias to align to their programmers's beliefs and political compass.
 Which makes it now a major research area to make AI systems truly neutral in their interactions.
 {{comic discussion}}

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 [[Megan]] has been watching the video and asks [[Cueball]] about it. He says it's just "clumsy sampling" as they are still very far from sounding like humans and holding normal conversations.
-Megan then sums up that as of the release of this comic computers were good at {{w|chess}} and at driving cars through a desert (i.e. a place with no obstacles to hit. The ability of such {{w|self-driving cars}} would improve much later, with this comic being the first with a direct reference to such cars. Later self-driving cars became a [[:Category:Self-driving cars|recurring topic]] on xkcd). But they cannot hold a conversation for five minutes. And she thus concludes that a cleverbot would be perfect for attending ''Burning Man''.
+Megan then sums up that as of the release of this comic computers were good at {{w|chess}} and at driving cars through a desert (Although some might think of deserts as a place with no obstacles to hit, one must also consider rocky deserts which are a rather difficult terrain to navigate: making this search field very interesting for space exploration as well. The ability of such {{w|self-driving cars}} would improve much later, with this comic being the first with a direct reference to such cars. Later self-driving cars became a [[:Category:Self-driving cars|recurring topic]] on xkcd). But they cannot hold a conversation for five minutes. And she thus concludes that a cleverbot would be perfect for attending ''Burning Man''.
 {{w|Burning Man}} is a week-long event held yearly in Black Rock City, Nevada. The festival encourages an artistic, anti-establishment philosophy and attracts a broad but devoted following combining hippies, anarchists, nudists, techno-utopians and survivalists. [http://www.burningman.com/art_of_burningman/art_cars_on_the_playa.html Shows of custom cars on the desert plain] are a big part of Burning Man, and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/michicat/2865986618/ mental games like chess] are a popular way to pass the time there. However, a common joke about Burning Man attendees is that they can only talk about Burning Man - hence why they can't hold a five minute conversation.

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	:Megan: Is it just me, or have we created a Burning Man attendee?		:Megan: Is it just me, or have we created a Burning Man attendee?

		+	==Trivia==
		+	Randall's sarcastic comparison from AI systems to burning man atendees turned out to be more true than expected, as current AI systems were shown and proven to have a bias to align to their programmers's beliefs and political compass.
		+	Which makes it now a major research area to make AI systems truly neutral in their interactions.
	{{comic discussion}}		{{comic discussion}}