Watch Julie Chen Moonves’ AI Hologram Malfunction in ‘Big Brother’

Well, she warned us. Big brother Host Julie Chen Moonves said Weekly Entertainment that while the theme of this season might be artificial intelligence, “we’re going to show you that it’s more artificial than intelligent.” And then, when EW asked him to give a bold prediction for the upcoming season, the host joked, “My bold prediction of something that’s going to happen on Big brother This summer, I’m getting involved in the game like never before. You’re going to discover a whole new side of Chenbot.

Well, thanks to a hilarious — and somewhat disturbing — new clip, we know exactly what she was talking about. It looks like Chenbot has been cloned! Well, not quite. Instead, the mad geniuses who brought us “Time Laser” last year have outdone themselves by creating a holographic version of Chen Moonves. And you don’t have to wait until the Season 26 premiere tonight on CBS (and Paramount+) to see this haunting computer resemblance in action. That’s because in the video above, you can watch the real-life host duke it out with her hologram as they compete in the first-ever competition. Big brother ” But first… ”

The human and the hologram take turns trying to outdo each other with the latest and greatest “But first…” until the latter starts to malfunction, causing it to repeat the host’s catchphrase over and over again. Where else are you going to see Julie Chen Moonves making provocative faces at her computer counterpart? Nowhere! Nowhere else!

The Chenbot hologram comes courtesy of Proto Hologram. CBS notes that Proto is “the world’s first and largest AI-powered holographic communications and spatial computing platform. Proto’s technology gives ‘BBAI’ a lifelike presence through its proprietary volumetric platform.” Of course, that doesn’t matter. As long as the Chenbot hologram keeps popping up randomly and terrorizing contestants, we’re good to go.

And then, how do we install a faulty hologram in our home? Because it’s now on our wish list, inexplicably.