On @voicelunch today we& #39;re chatting with @CoCoHub_ai and some of their bots.

They just shared their vision for AI for cars:
- "A friend on the road"
- Your car& #39;s personality reflects how you want it to be, it& #39;s name, etc
"What if you could interact with your virtual social influencer?"

Given some of the issues we have with sock puppets and bots these days... I& #39;m... not... thrilled with this notion.
We had a demo of Anna and B.Lender chatting.

Anna started out somewhat Eliza-like, but the conversation picked up. Turning to exercise, eventually.

"On Anna& #39;s side, this is all scripted. Someone has been thinking about this."
"Practically speaking - this is meaningless."
A brief sidebar with @YakiDunietz talking about the AI components.

"Cover a narrow domain."
"Could have a goal, and the component helps the user get to the goal or fails."
"There needs to be a bot master that reviews the script and how it works."

THIS is the crucial nugget.
Some more from @YakiDunietz

"For the next 10 years, every component has to be scripted."
"The only way components are improved is if they are shared."
This was an interesting #VoiceLunch with lots of fun... and lots of insights.

And... you know... Maggie singing along with a bot.
(The picture was from slightly earlier - when @karol_stryja was showing off his "Hey Google" hat, so I had to pull out my Glass hat.)
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