Comments on: The bad robot takeover http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=3479 examining transformative technology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Ride Fast http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=3479#comment-865344 Ride Fast Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:18:57 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=3479#comment-865344 Hit, or dial, zero. Talk to a human. Analog phones still exist and if they want to accept calls from an analog phone they use zero to switch to an analog robot. Hit, or dial, zero. Talk to a human. Analog phones still exist and if they want to accept calls from an analog phone they use zero to switch to an analog robot.

]]> By: Jody http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=3479#comment-865342 Jody Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:52:51 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=3479#comment-865342 <i>The state of the art in phone-answering systems isn’t quite as bad as the humorous editorial above makes out</i> My experience with Verizon (business DSL to be specific) this week would contradict this claim. In fact, it was almost the editorial's exchange verbatim, except there was more swearing. The state of the art in phone-answering systems isn’t quite as bad as the humorous editorial above makes out

My experience with Verizon (business DSL to be specific) this week would contradict this claim. In fact, it was almost the editorial’s exchange verbatim, except there was more swearing.

]]> By: Tim Tyler http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=3479#comment-865327 Tim Tyler Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:38:41 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=3479#comment-865327 That path surely already has a name - see: http://www.inductive-programming.org/intro/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductive_logic_programming The result is not an impossible scenario - but I'm rather sceptical. That path surely already has a name – see:

http://www.inductive-programming.org/intro/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductive_logic_programming

The result is not an impossible scenario – but I’m rather sceptical.

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