"When you hear the word 'politician', what is the first image or emotion that comes to mind?" The voice is young, female, brisk and business-like and belongs to an AI agent. A computer programme in other words. A string of code. A man on the other end of the line replies. While he's airing what is a pretty cynical opinion of politicians, three other AI agents process what he's saying. One checks he's answering the question, one analyses whether he's being too superficial and needs prompting to