In 2018, IBM introduced “IBM Debater,
[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/technology/ibm-debater-artificial-intelligence.html]
” a machine learning algorithm whose goal was to argue with humans. Rather than
a free-for-all argument (which the AI would win using the same techniques as a
tireless two-year-old
[https://twitter.com/JanelleCShane/status/
![What the machines will debate when the humans are gone](/content/images/size/w795/image/fetch/w_1200-c_limit-f_jpg-q_auto:good-fl_progressive:steep/https-3A-2F-2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-2Fpublic-2Fimages-2F38f93433-1026-4b71-9c48-5fab636e7132_5612x1513.png)