Computer ‘can talk like a baby’.

“An Israeli company has created a
conversational computer program it claims
could revolutionise the way people interact
with machines.

Artificial Intelligence Enterprises (Ai) says its
Hal program can already converse convincingly
and has the vocabulary and grasp of language
of a 15-month-old child.

Already transcripts of conversations generated
by the computerised child have reportedly
fooled independent judges into thinking they
were reading a write-up of a real conversation.

Now, the company is working on giving its
creation the conversational ability of a
five-year-old. Then it plans to use the program
to do away with keyboards and let people
simply talk to their computers.”

BBC