Recent news stories have covered the announcement of ChatNannies, conversational robots designed to locate and lure pedophiles in Internet chat rooms. Uncritical articles were recently published by New Scientist, BBC News, News.com, the skeptically-minded The Register, and many other news outlets.

Cameron Marlow managed to secure an exclusive interview with one of the "Nanniebots," where he posted a complete transcript and some brief analysis. To anyone who knows anything about chatterbots and the history of artificial intelligence, the transcript represents either a revolutionary leap in technology or it's clearly a human behind the keyboard.