Herzog and Žižek become uncanny AI bots trapped in endless conversation

Enlarge / AI-generated portraits of Slavoj Žižek and Werner Herzog from The Infinite Conversation.Giacomo Miceli / Ars Technica

This week, an Italian artist and programmer named Giacomo Miceli debuted The Infinite Conversation website, an AI-powered nonstop chat between artificial versions of German director Werner Herzog and Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek, complete with realistic voices.

Upon visiting the site—which is unaffiliated with either person—you’ll see AI-generated charcoal portraits of the two men in profile. Between them, a transcript of AI-generated text is highlighted in yellow as AI-generated voices simulating those of Herzog or Žižek read through it. The conversation goes back

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