> I'm not sure "failed miserably" is a fair description either.
Interesting, thanks for the link!
Particularly towards the end, this looks similar to transcripts of conversations with ELIZA. I suppose "failed miserably" is indeed an overstatement, given that comparison, since ELIZA, IIRC, actually did fool some psychologists into thinking it was an actual paranoid human being.
Certainly not good enough to pass as human, but I'm not sure "failed miserably" is a fair description either.