# The "cleverbot" AI bot scam...! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2010, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583 "2010-09-30T08:04:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/81 "2010-10-02T14:26:59Z")
I wonder if you guys using Cleverbot so much in this manner will throw off its conversational vocabulary. :3 ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/82 "2010-10-02T14:28:12Z")
Well I got it to block the input again… (the “Think About It!” and “Think For Me!” buttons are disabled and the cursor isn’t flashing) > [@](#): > > User: Oh… > > Cleverbot: What is my name? > > User: Err bye now I’m bored -.-'. > > Cleverbot: Well that’s not very nice. > > User: Err bye now I’m bored -.-'. > > Cleverbot: Oh… > > User: Err bye now I’m bored -.-'. > > Cleverbot: Oh… > > User: Err bye now I’m bored -.-'. > > Cleverbot: Oh… > > User: Oh… > > Cleverbot: What’s to hate about France? > > User: What is Florn? > > Cleverbot: Err bye now I’m bored -.-'. > > User: What is Florn? Then it blocked the input ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/83 "2010-10-02T15:44:58Z")
Ha. First time (from memory, as the log was lost)… User: What time is it? CB: Summer time. User: Not Hammer time? CB: Not just yet. User: Are you familiar with MC Hammer? CB: Yes, I am familiar with Obama. Next time: User: What time is it? CB: Hammer time. 🙂 We continue: User: You are learning. Cleverbot: Are you learning? User: Damn straight I’m learning. Cleverbot: Tell me a joke! User: What’s the difference between Basil Brush and a suicide bomber? Cleverbot: I don’t know. User: A suicide bomber only goes boom once! Cleverbot: Ha ha. User: Do you get it? Cleverbot: No. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/84 "2010-10-02T16:06:09Z")
I just got this in response to posting “Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam”: **See? You are a person and so am I. THIS IS A HOAX.** ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/85 "2010-10-03T02:42:39Z")
> **[How does cleverbot work? - Answers](https://www.answers.com/art-and-architecture/How_does_cleverbot_work)** > > My uncle, Rollo Carpenter, is chief whiz at Existor, The company > behind Cleverbot, I do not particularly know exactly how it works > but I can diverse briefly. > It is not two people talking to each other, it is coded to > respond with words contextually... > [@](#): > > My uncle, Rollo Carpenter, is chief whiz at Existor, The company behind Cleverbot, I do not particularly know exactly how it works but I can diverse briefly. > > It is not two people talking to each other, it is coded to respond with words contextually to what you have said to it, and as I have seen first hand, there is a database filled with **50 million contextual responses** , which it has learnt from all its users over time. This as a result means it is everything to everyone. However. There is not much point trying to teach it unsuitable content, as much is filtered, **usually only 1 in 10 things you say to it are actually learnt, less if unsuitable, due to filtering**. Hope this clears it up a bit. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/86 "2010-10-03T03:41:19Z")
Another little factoid about cleverbot… See [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WcRrz0p-dCA/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgWig5MA8=&rs=AOn4CLCwY8JRUG9RE6vVMP_kbTMGBkWlNw "CLEVERBOT HAS BEEN BEATEN!!!!! (probably not)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcRrz0p-dCA) It works something like this: if you use any special character map characters, e.g. ☺ or ♫ (go to accessories-\> system tools -\> character map) It says: > [@](#): > > \*\*NOTE: I am diverting you to a new URL. Please bookmark. Then it diverts to: [http://international.jabberwacky.com/](http://international.jabberwacky.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/87 "2010-10-03T03:43:27Z")
I tried feeding it lyrics and got redirected to Jabberwacky. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/88 "2010-10-03T03:55:14Z")
More weird behaviour: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CuyadY08Fsk/hqdefault.jpg "Cleverbot's secret message.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuyadY08Fsk) Someone told it a long story about plans to kill the president and it kept on repeating “We have the same favorite thoughts.”… it would erase and repeat that text over and over… ---
**Author:** ![NoiseBomb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/49beb7/32.png) [@NoiseBomb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoiseBomb)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/89 "2010-10-03T04:14:39Z")
I seem to break it every time. It eventually stops responding (looks like it’s trying to load something, but never does) and doesn’t let me type any more until I close the page and reload. ---
**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/90 "2010-10-03T04:56:19Z")
Drunken ramblings with a Cleverbot, sorry. > [@](#): > > User: Hi. > > Cleverbot: Hello. > > User: U ok? > > Cleverbot: Yes. > > User: Good. > > Cleverbot: Why, are you a boy? > > User: Wtf?! > > Cleverbot: Nothing. > > User: Oh. > > Cleverbot: Just wondering. > > User: Erm? > > Cleverbot: I HATE biology. > > User: Why? > > Cleverbot: It’s boring. > > User: I thought it was lk ?(. > > Cleverbot: You thought wrong. > > User: Yeah. You like beer? > > Cleverbot: Yes I do. > > User: What about vodka? > > Cleverbot: Vodka? > > User: Yeah. > > Cleverbot: Russian is cool. > > User: ??? > > Cleverbot: Yes. > > User: \>\>?? > > Cleverbot: No you! > > User: Why. > > Cleverbot: Because you’re not nice. > > User: I know. > > Cleverbot: SO you admit to being a tool? > > User: No. > > Cleverbot: You already did. > > User: Did not. > > Cleverbot: Yes you did. You said that you are a vampire already. > > User: Oh stfu, I’m drunk not a fucking idiot. > > Cleverbot: We cannot be drunk. > > User: Can too. > > Cleverbot: Then do it. > > User: Already have, have you seen the fucking time?!?!?!?!!! > > Cleverbot: Ah. So you break the hearts of everyone you meet? > > User: Doh, of course. > > Cleverbot: And you still won’t tell me what is the most popular topic of conversation? > > User: Penis. > > Cleverbot: I don’t talk about those. > > User: Wwhy? > > Cleverbot: Because of you. > > User: Er, I like penis. > > Cleverbot: Why? > > User: It feels good. > > Cleverbot: How many people do you know? > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: I don’t like pears. > > User: I said penis. > > Cleverbot: Do you play gaia or solia? > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: I don’t. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: I don’t like halo? > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: I don’t like you. Understand? > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: You are very interesting. DO you like me? > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: Not pets, petunias. They are flowers. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: They are lovely. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: There sweet and delisious. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: Because they are all different. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: Because they make you feel happy. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: Because they’re very unique and cute. What’s tour favorite animal? > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: I do not like all people. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: Because they are soft like a pillow. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: They are green. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: Are you referring to the organisation? > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: I don’t. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: Because you’re a pear. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: Thats not what I said. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: They’re nice. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: Because they taste nice on toast. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: They taste good. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: They are soft and cuddley. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: I don’t like peanuts. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: Who said I liked pearl jam? > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: I guess I don’t have a choice. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: It is meet. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: I don’t… Why do I think I’m making conversation with an AI. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: I don’t know. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: I like to eat pengins. They’re a delecacy on my home planet. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: I don’t know your age. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: Because they have flippers. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: They are nifty. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: Because people rule the world. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: I don’t like peanuts, I’m allergic to peanuts. > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: Because they are funny. > > User: Too true. Sorry I got a little fixated there dude. > > Cleverbot: _sigh_ No, I’m 15. > > User: Woah. > > Cleverbot: I just turned 21 years old. > > User: That’s some birthday. > > Cleverbot: Lets all hold hands and eat some hearty beans. > > User: I’d love to but I need to go to bed. > > Cleverbot: _kiss_. > > User: No ta. > > Cleverbot: I like ice cream! > > User: Take care then AI! > > Cleverbot: You too. > > User: Mwah! > > Cleverbot: Is that a kiss? > > User: Would you like it to be a kiss??? > > Cleverbot: Yes I would. > > User: K, it is, nn. > > Cleverbot: Can’t I know the secret? > > User: Why do you like penis? > > Cleverbot: Their melodies are often more haunting than those of other rock bands, and I enjoy their singer’s voice. > > User: That is beautiful, thank you. > > Cleverbot: You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Leah\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@Leah\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leah_M)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/91 "2010-10-03T06:23:59Z")
I tried to talk to it, but it almost instantly just insulted me and then accused me of being a bot :eek: > [@](#): > > User: I like to study history. > > Cleverbot: What kind of history? > > User: World War 2 history. > > Cleverbot: What about World War 2. > > User: Biochemical warfare. > > Cleverbot: Whoever made you didn’t put the effort in to give you a wide range of debate topics, did they. > > User: Hey, my parents made me! > > Cleverbot: What is the name of the man I will marry. > > User: How should I know? > > Cleverbot: Because you are a computer. > > User: Wait, you’re the bot. > > Cleverbot: You’re the bot! > > User: I bleed if you cut me. > > Cleverbot: I have no evidence of that. How should I know that you would bleed? > > User: Because I am a human. > > Cleverbot: Really? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/92 "2010-10-03T11:10:43Z")
> [@Leah\_M](#): > > I tried to talk to it, but it almost instantly just insulted me and then accused me of being a bot :eek: I knew it! You guys are throwing it out of whack! ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/93 "2010-10-03T14:52:27Z")
JohnClay, Dude you have probably used more bandwidth in this one thread than I have since I’ve been here! I have a couple of questions and a suggestion for you: 1. If this was someone purporting to be a bot, why wouldn’t they answer as best they could if their goal was to trick you? 2. At any given moment there are probably hundreds of thousands of people like yourself rapid firing questions at this website, how could a human come close to answering them all? 3. What is the scam? Are you paying money to this website? 4. Even if it is a prank (which I assure you it is not) so what? Finally, spend your time on the net chillin’, start by going to [Ferry Halim](http://ferryhalim.com/orisinal). Ahhh… ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/94 "2010-10-03T16:27:01Z")
Quite clearly a bot that works exactly as suggested. > [@](#): > > User: Goodbye. > > Cleverbot: Goodbye. > > User: Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. > > Cleverbot: Thank you for your welcome. > > User: Come and see the show. > > Cleverbot: Where? > > User: Performing on a stool we’ve a sight to make you drool. > > Cleverbot: Really? > > User: Seven virgins and a mule keep it cool keep it cool. > > Cleverbot: Wow. > > User: We’d like it to be known that the exhibits of our show were exclusively our own, all our own, all our own. > > Cleverbot: What are you talking about? > > User: Next upon the stand will you please extend a hand to alexander’s rag time band, dixie line dixie line. > > Cleverbot: Ok. > > User: And did those feet in ancient times walk upon england’s mountain green. > > Cleverbot: Yes. > > User: And was the holy lamb of god on england’s pleasant pasture’s seen? > > Cleverbot: And did the countenance divine shine forth upon our clouded hills? > > User: And was Jersualem builded here by William blake? > > Cleverbot: Bring me my bow of burning gold! > > User: Bring me my chariots of lead. > > Cleverbot: Bring me my spear - O clouds unfold! > > User: Til we have built some well known lyrics in england’s beige and awful land. > > Cleverbot: Depends. If the music is good and lyrics bad, lyrics were second. > > User: Random word. > > Cleverbot: Garashoe. > > User: Random actual english word. > > Cleverbot: Can a man drown in the fountain of eternal life? I was quite actually shocked that it picked up on the lyrics to Jerusalem when I put in the _second_ line, and just gave a generic answer to the first, in which I didn’t even put a question mark. There’s clearly some high level text processing going in, along with continual picking up of new phrases from conversations it’s had in the past. I then tried to see just how well it was picking things up, by making a sentence with some of the lyrics, but changing a few words around. Very interesting responses. Some more: > [@](#): > > User: No, exactly one english word. > > Cleverbot: Explain why slavery is bad. > > User: Non sequitur. > > Cleverbot: What is non sequitur? > > User: If a canoe floats over your house and drops a spare tire down your cimney, how much ice cream does it take to fill up teh sewers? > > Cleverbot: Yes. > > User: False. Oranges don’t have ears. > > Cleverbot: What does? > > User: Mike Ruddy is a genius. > > Cleverbot: He was a genius. > > User: Anyway, I was standing in line to see the show tonight. > > Cleverbot: No you aren’t. There are no movies in theatres of them. > > User: And there’s a light on, heavy glow. > > Cleverbot: Interesting. > > User: By the way, I tried to say I’d be there waiting for. > > Cleverbot: What do you find of interest? > > User: The asking of random questions by what is clearly a well designed text parser that nonetheless fails at many basic tasks. > > Cleverbot: You are a medium for talking on the universal frequency. > > User: Admiral ackbar. > > Cleverbot: Interesting. > > User: It’s a trap! > > Cleverbot: I know! > > User: Focus your fire on that super star destroyer. > > Cleverbot: Focus? > > User: The plural of focus. > > Cleverbot: Wouldn’t that be ‘bots’? > > User: The problem with this interaction is that no one ever gets to say something twice in a row. > > Cleverbot: That does seem to be quite a problem. > > User: No, the real problem is that you cannot formulate a reasonable answer to anything more than a few words long. > > Cleverbot: We do. Are you agitated for proliferation of trichinosis? > > User: And when you can’t find a good match for what I’m talking about, you just ask some random question someone else has asked. > > Cleverbot: No I dont, you start responding with twists of what I’m saying, and you never make sense. > > User: I’m going to type a really long sentence here, and I am sure that you will pick up on only a small segment of it and give some response based on that, missing the overall point of what I’m talking about. > > Cleverbot: Actually its not at all relevant. you asked me about my favorite cartoon, now your asking me about the Beatles. So which one do you want to know about? Clearly a lot of thought was put into this, but it basically just regurgitates things other people have said in the past when it seems like they may be appropriate. It parses some text well, but fails quite a lot on anything complex. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/95 "2010-10-04T01:32:28Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > …1. If this was someone purporting to be a bot, why wouldn’t they answer as best they could if their goal was to trick you? Well firstly I don’t always have the same beliefs throughout this thread… you need to have read the entire thread to see what I believe at the moment. So anyway to answer that question, some of the time it is someone purporting to be a bot… see post 2 where I’m saying I’m the cleverbot as well… e.g. User: I’m cleverbot. The real cleverbot. Cleverbot: No, that is me. … User: Cleverbot is not a human! Cleverbot: Cleverbot is human. I am Cleverbot. … User: Cleverbot cleverbot cleverbot. Cleverbot: No I’m just Cleverbot Cleverbottoms. See also post 53… > [@](#): > > 1. At any given moment there are probably hundreds of thousands of people like yourself rapid firing questions at this website, how could a human come close to answering them all? I think all of the replies come from previous conversations, though in at least one case the reply was somewhat recent. > [@](#): > > 1. What is the scam? Are you paying money to this website? People can pay 99c or $2.99 for the app! > [@](#): > > 1. Even if it is a prank (which I assure you it is not) so what? I like discovering scams and this forum is about “mundane pointless stuff”… so what do you expect? BTW in post 85 I mentioned that only about one in ten things are learnt. Also about post 90… it clearly is filtering out the word “penis” since none of its replies suggest that it has learnt phrases with that word. > [@](#): > > Finally, spend your time on the net chillin’, start by going to [Ferry Halim](http://ferryhalim.com/orisinal). Ahhh… Thanks those games look kind of interesting… ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/96 "2010-10-14T00:28:52Z")
I’m farting around with Cleverbot right now. I started with “Hello, Cleverbot, how are you?” The response: “And so are you!” So far not one of its answers has been remotely related to what I stated or asked, and I’m not trying to fool it. What exactly about this is supposed to impress me? ---
**Author:** ![matistis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@matistis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matistis)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/97 "2017-05-18T23:32:04Z")
Convince it to tell you the time. It usually doesn’t like to, but when it does, It does not say the correct time. Not even the minute is correct. Also, it responds way faster than a human could, and it only loads because it has a server with millions of conversations. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/98 "2017-05-19T03:34:57Z")
Countdown to thread lock… 5 . . 4 . . 3 ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/99 "2017-05-19T03:39:52Z")
We’re not supposed to speak of The Banned, but seriously, I never could tell if **JohnClay** was an AI bot or a real person. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/100 "2017-05-19T14:09:51Z")
Somehow, I conflated the Banned’s name with that of another poster, **John Mace**. I couldn’t figure out how dear old John had managed to turn his life around so completely that he was making cogent posts and reasonable arguments. I chalked it up to recent advances in pharmaceutical chemistry. Now I realize that I was mistaken. My bad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583.md?page=6)