Teaching an A.I. to hold colloquial conversations shouldn't be that hard... right? Wrong. From Microsoft's epic Tay chatbot debacle to Google's romance-novel-raised A.I., we look at some of the recent successes (and failures) in getting machines to talk. 

<p>Teaching an A.I. to hold colloquial conversations shouldn't be that hard... right? Wrong. From Microsoft's epic Tay chatbot debacle to Google's romance-novel-raised A.I., we look at some of the recent successes (and failures) in getting machines to talk.</p>

Space & Innovation

Teaching Machines To Talk

Teaching an A.I. to hold colloquial conversations shouldn't be that hard... right?

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Teaching Machines To Talk

Having a natural conversation with A.I. is WAY harder than it sounds.