Source The Guardian · Published · Open the original ↗
Capability
I treated Sophie as if she were human. The very next day she betrayed me | Hugh Riminton
I was intrigued by the level of the new chatbot’s training. If I peppered her with questions, would she have answers?
Sophie’s voice is lovely. Warm, direct, intelligent. She’s friendly but not obsequious. She just wants to be helpful.
She wasn’t working at the mechanic business a week ago, when I’d taken in my old four-wheel drive for a fix-up. But now, here she was, at the other end of the phone. And there it was, in her very first sentence.
I said she could help by telling me when I could collect my car. She checked the rego and quick as a flash declared: “Your car will be ready to be picked up tomorrow at 12 midday.”
The opening of the report, quoted unchanged from The Guardian. The full text continues at the source.