# Chatbots as Unwitting Actors

## TL;DR

This paper explores the novel use of chatbots in comedy performances, highlighting initial attempts and calling for future research in designing and performing with chatbots in entertainment contexts.

## Contribution

It introduces the first known efforts to incorporate chatbots into comedy, emphasizing the potential for artistic and performative applications beyond typical conversational uses.

## Key findings

- Initial attempts at using chatbots in comedy podcasts.
- Highlights the gap in research on chatbots for performance arts.
- Calls for future work in designing and performing with chatbots.

## Abstract

Chatbots are popular for both task-oriented conversations and unstructured conversations with web users. Several different approaches to creating comedy and art exist across the field of computational creativity. Despite the popularity and ease of use of chatbots, there have not been any attempts by artists or comedians to use these systems for comedy performances. We present two initial attempts to do so from our comedy podcast and call for future work toward both designing chatbots for performance and for performing alongside chatbots.