Technology now has ears - but where is the sweet spot between useful interaction and 'uncanny valley'?

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Peter Cochrane considers how realistic we really want our daily dialog with machines to be

I talk to people, I talk to my mobile phone, I talk to my laptop, I talk to my car, sometimes I talk to myself, and lately, I have started talking to my home! No, I'm not losing it, and I'm not ...

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