Today's post is referring back to a previous post (December,12th) about time spent on hold in a lifetime,but the twist today is the computer voices that some businesses employ to do a sort of screening ( they ask all the same questions once you talk to a real person) while a person is on hold. I personally find them equally annoying,but they also have other uses or at least that is the idea behind them. Eugene Goostman is a chat-bot,his persona is that of a 13 year old boy living in Ukraine,which makes some of his responses not so unusual. His claim to fame? He passed the Turning Test this year,meaning he convinced the judges 33% of the time that he was a real boy. Kind of scary stuff. The plan is for the program to eventually be used to help people choose healthcare providers and doctors. I still see no reason real people can't be doing these jobs other than big business wanting to save money on employee costs so they can pay the CEOs more money!
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