Lately I’ve had a few conversations that go like this:
Me: How’s it going? Him: Pretty good, how are you? Me: I’m ok, how are you? Him: <pause> … good.
I think “I’m ok, how are you?” just kinda rolls of the tongue. I guess a person’s status doesn’t really change after only two seconds.
Anonymous
January 9, 2012 at 2:17 pmCould be worse. If it was a “her” instead of “him”, the conversation is definitely not going well.
theo
January 10, 2012 at 7:50 amCould be better. If it was an “it” instead of “him.” I have no problem with making artificial intelligence feel uncomfortable.
Anonymous
January 10, 2012 at 11:27 amIndeed. The problem would lie more with the reason of conversing with artificial intelligence. What is not considered as loss is often of no value.