No bites eh? Okay then I guess I will weigh in. Maybe if I assume the "HN user who knows everything about this particular subject" voice, it'll poke a bit of co

No bites eh? Okay then I guess I will weigh in. Maybe if I assume the "HN user who knows everything about this particular subject" voice, it'll poke a bit of conversation out of someone else who like me doesn't want to talk to an empty room but is happy to consider points someone else has made. If anything this demonstrates the opposite of what the article was stating. The chatbots weren't smart enough to develop their own language, they were ignorant enough of how english works to corrupt it while still keeping it 'in-bounds' of their existing rules.