But it was fun. You can also read about the Julia program which talks about cats and dogs, and see the totally daft conversation that occurred in actual contest. Or try to talk to it yourself. Again, I found the connection failed before really getting into swing of things. But Julia only came fourth.
Sex is the winner.
For the first time the programs entered were not limited to a subject. But as you will see from the transcript sex still dominated the conversation. The 1996 contest was held on April 16, and was won by Jason Hutchens with a conversation which set new levels of intelligent discourse. There's a lively discussion of these contests and dialogues by Ashley Dunn, a New York Times writer. The winning entries seem to have held true to Turing's tradition of bringing sex into serious philosophy.