In the film Iron Man, Tony Stark has conversations with JARVIS, a computer program capable of carrying on a conversation in spoken English. This is a very common thing in films and novels, but programs like Apple’s Siri which are the real-life equivalent, aren’t quite so impressive. Even when it comes to purely textual communication, it’s difficult for programs to fool us into thinking they’re human. Let’s take a closer look at the first communicating programs, the progress they’ve made so far, and what bots may do in the future.
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