The app becoming your best friend.

The article discusses the mobile applications becoming the best friend for the people wanting to talk things over with a chatbot companion. Topics include a robot, an application named Replika providing companionship through text messages; neural networks aim to imitate the ability of the human brai...

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Publicado en:World Today Vol. 76; no. 1; pp. 19 - 21
Autor principal: Whitehead, Sarah
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Royal Institute of International Affairs Feb/Mar2020
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Sumario:The article discusses the mobile applications becoming the best friend for the people wanting to talk things over with a chatbot companion. Topics include a robot, an application named Replika providing companionship through text messages; neural networks aim to imitate the ability of the human brain to learn; and one of the attractions of Replika being its ability to ask questions people may never have been asked and reply without judgment.