This is CogDogBlogged: "Water Pumps, AI Agents, and Guido Sarducci’s New University"

On Saturday morning I was stuck getting a machine to work. For a change this was not a web thing, it was a real machine.

A few years ago, we bought a Champion Semi-Trash Water Pump but I had never used it. With the lack of snow, our front slough (a pond) is really low, but we do have a fair bit of water left in a ditch nearby, so I decided it was time to get the thing out and see if I could […]

https://cogdogblog.com/2026/03/water-pumps-ai-agents-and-guido-sarduccis-new-university/

#cogdogblog #aimocking #chatbots

Mexico City's 'Xoli' Chatbot Will Help World Cup Tourists Navigate the City

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/mexico-city-xoli-chatbot-world-cup-tourists/

#Sears Exposed #AI #Chatbot Phone Calls and Text #Chats to Anyone on the Web

Customer conversations with #chatbots can include contact information and personal details that make it easier for #scammers to launch #phishing attacks and commit fraud.
#privacy #security

https://www.wired.com/story/sears-exposed-ai-chatbot-phone-calls-and-text-chats-to-anyone-on-the-web/

#Design #Approaches
Durable patterns in AI product design · UI models that remain relevant as AI evolves https://ilo.im/16bddn

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#Prompting #Orchestrating #AI #Agents #Chatbots #DesignPatterns #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

"The dark spin is that they trick users into responding to them as they would with real human people in their lives. They feel like they’re talking to a person. As with connecting with friends or loved ones, the user finds particular personality types appealing and comes to feel kinship or friendship with the chatbots."

Computerworld: The dark side of chatbots with ‘personality’ https://www.computerworld.com/article/4147771/the-dark-side-of-chatbots-with-personality.html @MikeElgan #chatbots

Amelia Hill: US startup advertises ‘AI bully’ role to test patience of leading #chatbots. $800-a-day position involves exposing a chatbot’s inconsistencies as it forgets, fudges or hallucinates.

"The only prerequisite is having an 'extensive personal history of being let down by #technology'– and the patience to ask the same question over and over again."

#AI #bullying #AIHallucinations #job
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/19/us-startup-advertises-ai-bully-role-to-test-patience-of-leading-chatbots