1. Because it's fun. 2. Because "all the machines will learn how to create and control themselves and powerful elites will offload the burden of governments to

1. Because it's fun. 2. Because "all the machines will learn how to create and control themselves and powerful elites will offload the burden of governments to control us?" is a ridiculous sci-fi scenario, and the chatbots aren't nearly as good as so many people pretend they are.