tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post1535627566834238095..comments2024-03-13T13:29:33.800-05:00Comments on SocraticGadfly: No, Obama, college won't helpUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post-45889910791551802002013-10-08T14:15:09.267-05:002013-10-08T14:15:09.267-05:00True on the maintenance, Collin. But, Eliza was ar...True on the maintenance, Collin. But, Eliza was around 30-plus years ago. So, surely, something better yet cheaper would be relatively easy to do today. Per Siri, voice recognition's gotten pretty good pretty cheap. Good enough that a wider variety of canned phrases than Eliza had probably would be easy.<br /><br />Whether you or I want something like that wasn't the thrust of the blog post. What WAS the thrust was whether or not Big Biz wouldn't possibly drool over something like that.<br /><br />In the real world, customer service call centers have been in India for a decade or better and none of our bitching can wipe out a line of that, per Omar.<br /><br />On the broader issue of what computers can or can't do? I've written plenty about how fanboys of "hard" AI have consistently overstated claims. That said, "never"? I don't do absolutes, especially on predictions.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post-39074936657524026092013-10-08T13:41:58.763-05:002013-10-08T13:41:58.763-05:00Eliza may well outdo a human on a school-graded ca...Eliza may well outdo a human on a school-graded case. But that's all the worse for grading standards, not vice versa. Eliza is a parody of what's <i>wrong</i> with counselling.<br /><br />And funny you should mention Eliza, because the virtues of good counselling that Eliza so exactly lacks are necessary in all but the most menial jobs. Relating to customers, coworkers, superiors, and subordinates with civil rational discourse is the one thing computers will never master.<br /><br />And every computer program has to be designed and maintained by groups of knowledgeable and well-communicating humans. This can only be learned at some form of college. The Rub is merely what that form should be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com