We begin to require bots to carry the markers of human personality. Why not a neutral/robot personality? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/04/07/why-poets-are-flocking-to-silicon-valley/ …
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@starsandrobots If we felt uncanniness over bad language, chatting with a non-native speaker with poor language skills would reveal that. -
@arsatiki seems like that effect is (often sadly) borne out? cf Trump
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@starsandrobots I do appreciate the personalityless Google Now, mostly from the pov of expectation setting -
@eean hm, any chance you'd be willing to share screenshots of it doing this well? -
@starsandrobots I mean the voice interface. It doesn't really try at all. :)
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@starsandrobots@cnoocy In other words, “uncanny valley” = “Turing test” ? Makes sense.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@starsandrobots Oh used that exact term to describe bots recently.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@starsandrobots there isn't the same visceral revulsion to lack of human fidelity in chat bots. Mere annoyance, sometimes hilarity.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@starsandrobots language being purely symbolic, it has no inherently human nature. Nothing to be too similar toThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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