I've been on Cleverbot for the first time today, and I have proof that you really are talking to other people.
Nobody is working for Cleverbot talking to all these people at once, nor do they have several people working at Cleverbot just chatting with us. When you bring up a question or start chatting first, they pair you up with someone who has already been chatting. This person ALSO thinks they are chatting with a bot. Every few seconds or minutes later they switch you off to another person...This creates a really confusing and random conversation for both of you.
Proof:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a237/seeminglyperfect/cleverbotproof1.jpg
and another person:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a237/seeminglyperfect/cleverbotproof2.jpg
I spoke to someone telling them that Cleverbot just pairs real people up and they said "Ohhh, so that's how this works. So they just put two real people together then, right?" Then the next time I wrote to that person, I guess I must have gotten switched because the next person said, "Cleverbot, do you like bananas?"
I spoke to someone else and they said "Ironic since the disclaimer on the bottom says we're not supposed to be talking to real people

" Would a computer or "Bot" write that?
I will admit...Sometimes, when I would copy and paste the whole "Do you understand that you're talking to a real person?", I would get "Really?" over and over again. It seemed like I couldn't talk to a real person for a LONG time. Then when I would wait a few moments and then copy and paste my "Do you understand the you're talking to a real person?" message, I would get different people that would either believe me or think I am Cleverbot trying to fool them.