A short account of my debut exchange with a chatbot. Its final comments may surprise you, as it did me, in more ways than one. (My disclaimer: This piece has racial overtones but is not intended to offend anyone, although devout AI evangelists may take issue with it.)

You know that feeling when you have something on the tip of your tongue but cannot quite formulate the precise words you’re looking for? That happened to me this morning as I tried to recall the title of an old blues song. I cou...