The first machine to pass the Turing Test is going to be … wait for it … a telemarketing robot
No, this clever program isn’t 100% there yet, but listen to the audio and think about it for a second.
Imagine what it’s going to be like in a decade.
It tells us something about the state of technology that we’re this far down the road to machines that can pass as real humans. But it tells us a lot more about society that the first machine to pass the Turing Test is probably going to want to sell you insurance.
Thx to Mike Pecaut for passing this utterly mortifying tidbit along…
