“Sitting congressman Don Beyer won’t bother debating Bentley Hensel, a long-shot independent candidate, so Hensel made an AI version of Beyer to debate instead.”

  • Flying Squid
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    53 hours ago

    Once Christopher Hitchens’ debate partner refused to show up for a debate about religion, so he literally debated for both sides. It was amazing. I’ve looked for it again on YouTube for years but I haven’t been able to find it.

    Anyway, that’s a lot more creative.

      • Flying Squid
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        124 minutes ago

        I might just be completely misremembering it, but the video I remember was an actual debate where his opponent didn’t show up and he kept saying, “if my opponent were here, he would say…”