Introduction

The world is at a crossroads on its use of Artificial IntelligenceArtificial Intelligence (or what passes for Artificial IntelligenceArtificial Intelligence). The use of ChatbotsChatbot in our everyday lives is exponentially increasing with every passing year with widely varied results. What are the overall effects (both good and bad) of turning over more and more of our work to ChatbotsChatbot acting as our “digital assistantsDigital assistant?” Here we will explore these questions and many more as we delve into the human experience and our need to communicate with truly impartial, emotion challenged, digital entities (ChatbotsChatbot). There are no easy answers to the possible benefits and dangers of the proliferation of ChatbotsChatbot, but here we present information to get the dialog going.