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  • Netflix Has a Funny Idea of How Digital Assistants Should Work

    Netflix Has a Funny Idea of How Digital Assistants Should Work

    In the first episode of season two of Netflix’s Too Hot to Handle, ten horny singles are partying on a beach until, up from the depths, shrouded in fog, emerges what looks like a fancy RGB aromatherapy diffuser. Cue flailing and anguished cries. This is no ordinary gadget. This is Lana, Netflix’s fake-as-hell voice assistant…


  • 8 Possible Alternatives To The Turing Test

    8 Possible Alternatives To The Turing Test

    The Turing Test, which is intended to detect human-like intelligence in a machine, is fundamentally flawed. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be improved or modified. Here are eight proposed alternatives that could help us distinguish bot from human.