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title: Yahoo Chatbot
date: "2002-10-07T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1109
description: I share a hilarious transcript of a conversation with Yahoo's Magic Crystal Ball chatbot, a New Age oracle. This follows up on my previous interaction with the bot, highlighting early internet chatbot humor and quirky AI personas.
keywords: [yahoo, chatbot, magic crystal ball, instant messenger, conversational ai, early internet]
---

[Yahoo's "Magic Crystal Ball" New Age Oracle or Ouija2K?](http://www.doctoranvil.com/news/00000009.html)

I got a mail from a Brian, who found [my chat with magiccrystalball@yahoo.com](/blog/i-try-to-fall-in-love-with-a-magic-crystal-ball/) through a Yahoo search. I did the same, and came up with this even more hilarious conversation.