By Peter Cochrane
Published: Tuesday 11 November 2008
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Name
Haydn Rees
Location
London
Occupation
Web Admin
Comment
If I have the choice of waiting 5 minutes in "call waiting hell" to speak to an operator (which becomes 20 minutes), or talk to a computer straight away which can do something useful for me immediately, the Turing Test has changed.
It is no longer "Can I tell the difference?"; it is "Do I care?"
If I have the choice of waiting 5 minutes in "call...
Haydn Rees
What a horrible scenario. Thank heavens for live ...
Chris Knowles
I'm reminded of the early days of synthetic speech...
Richard
Hadyn = I'm with you - just solve my problem fast ...
Peter Cochrane
Chris = But man cannot live by live theatre alone!...
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Richard = Yep - I can think of a few people who co...
Peter Cochrane
Richard = Yep - I can think of a few people who co...
Peter Cochrane
Hi Peter.
The Web is an excellent place to rele...
Gary Hinson
Gary = I sometimes meet robots with better social ...
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