[ExI] chatbots again

[spike]

Remember talking about this at least a decade ago?  We mentioned again when
Robert passed away over 5 yrs ago: people who knew him well could post stuff
that sounded like what he would write had he been with us still.  Then we
went on to discuss creating an Eliza-like device which would have all the
posts he ever made, then come up with a reasonable robo-Robert perhaps.

 

Apparently someone is trying to do it:

 

http://singularityhub.com/2016/10/07/what-happens-when-you-create-a-chatbot-
to-memorialize-a-friend/?utm_source=Singularity+Hub+Newsletter
<http://singularityhub.com/2016/10/07/what-happens-when-you-create-a-chatbot
-to-memorialize-a-friend/?utm_source=Singularity+Hub+Newsletter&utm_campaign
=4983509576-Hub_Daily_Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f0cf60cdae-4983
509576-57458369>
&utm_campaign=4983509576-Hub_Daily_Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f0
cf60cdae-4983509576-57458369

 

spike

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