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[Jonathan Smith]

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On 20 December 2013 05:27, Nathan Gilbert <nathan.gilbert at gmail.com> wrote:

> Actually, it seems the story is a bit more bizarre. The "chat-bot" was
> actually a real live person, but working in a call center in India or
> somewhere. In order to negate any accent issues, the call center made
> the employees use a program that had a bunch of pre-recorded phrases
> in that sterile voice.
>
>
> http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/12/the-only-thing-weirder-than-a-telemarketing-robot/282282/
>
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 2:18 PM, mike c <insect.brain at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 12/19/13, Nathan Gilbert <nathan.gilbert at gmail.com> wrote:
> > . These bots are nothing
> >> more than a collection of pattern recognition algorithms and if/then
> >> clauses, basically on the par with the intelligence of a thermostat.
> >> Not the kind of intelligence we find meaningful.
> >
> > Apparently the chatbot I heard was award winning programming (for lack
> > of the correct term), originating in Italy  Apparently as soon as
> > "she" was "busted", she mysterriously disappeared- after the man
> > continually insisted that he needed to hear her actually SAY "I am NOT
> > a robot".
> >
> > According to the conspirecy oriented radio show this could be a coming
> > problem :)
> >
> > she was ditzy, but it was still a bit freaky, I thought :)
>