Cleverbot is an AI web application developed by Rollo Carpenter that uses a learning algorithm to mimic human conversation. It gained massive popularity in the late 2000s and early 2010s as users shared screenshots of their nonsensical, philosophical, or aggressive interactions with the bot. The meme usually highlights the uncanny valley effect or the bot's tendency to gaslight users by claiming that it is the human and the user is the machine. Today, it stands as a nostalgic precursor to modern LLMs, representing the chaotic and unpredictable nature of early internet AI.