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Watch: Testing The Golden State Warriors’, Sacramento Kings’ Facebook Messenger Bots (Video)

Last week at F8, Facebook reinforced its commitment to bot development in Messenger — and the Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors have jumped on board.

The Kings released a 2.0 update to its Facebook Messenger bot, while the Warriors revealed its first version just in time for the NBA playoffs.

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While both bots provide selectable buttons throughout the chatting experience, undoubtedly the most anticipated feature of artificial intelligence is the ability to simulate human interaction. That’s why we tested chatting with the bot like a person.