# The "cleverbot" AI bot scam...!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583>\
**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:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/101 "2017-05-20T05:29:23Z")

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> [@Projammer](#):
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> Countdown to thread lock…
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Still going strong!

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverbot-ai-bot-scam/555583/102 "2017-05-20T08:10:07Z")

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> [@matistis](#):
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> 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.

These cleverbot response time lags are getting ridiculous.

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