> "Mario, exit the game." "Do you really want to exit the game?" So not impressed.
This depends on how the response is generated. If it's a script, then of course there is nothing impressive about it, but if parts of the system can recognize importance in action and generate a sentence that asks for confirmation for important actions then it is a completely different ballgame.
> On the speech front, there is now an automated telemarketing agent which is about as smart as most script-driven human telemarketers.
Samantha west is human operated. Some dude is just playing back prerecordings that hopefully fit the conversation. It has absolutely nothing to do with AI.
This depends on how the response is generated. If it's a script, then of course there is nothing impressive about it, but if parts of the system can recognize importance in action and generate a sentence that asks for confirmation for important actions then it is a completely different ballgame.
> On the speech front, there is now an automated telemarketing agent which is about as smart as most script-driven human telemarketers.
Samantha west is human operated. Some dude is just playing back prerecordings that hopefully fit the conversation. It has absolutely nothing to do with AI.
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/12/17/robot-telemarketer-saman...