Great article, except for the end: "'Realistically, if you want a one-to- one conversation with an AI-driven character, that’s at least five years away,' Andre

Great article, except for the end: "'Realistically, if you want a one-to- one conversation with an AI-driven character, that’s at least five years away,' Andreas says. 'But thinking about where that tech is going,' Burton adds, 'if it’s cloud-based, passing the Turing test becomes much easier. You just need a huge internet-like database, then work out how to data mine that.'" Uh, yeah, easier said than done! Solving global warming is easy: you just need a huge atmosphere filled with CO2, then work out how to remove that.