“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.”
“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.”
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.
Not sure this is what you’re talking about: Hitchens debates himself
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…”