A mechanism or tactic · 1995 · First chatbots
The companion bot boom
Dozens of scripted personalities, rememberers, and subscription companions sold to a mass market in the mid-nineties.
The commercial attempt that came twenty-five years before it worked. The category has the same name, the same promise, and a very different population, and comparing the two eras is instructive about what the internet added.
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