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It Was the ChatGPT of the 2000s. It Was Hugely Popular. Too Few Remember It Now. (slate.com)
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[–] insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I remember Cleverbot.

[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Teens these days will never understand the simple pleasures of jamming to Linkin Park and practice flirting with cleverbot while you text your friends on a T9 slide phone.

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 2 points 4 months ago

Lol, my conversations with cleverbot always devolved into us typing song lyrics at eachother. Back when chatbots couldn't even be construed as useful in any way.