I spoke with Rollo Carpenter about the future of artificial intelligence. Look out for artificial celebrities and robot call centres.

Podcast: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/podsandblogs/2008/05/podcast_notes_cuba_call_centre.shtml

A.I. bots George and Joan (who you can chat to online at Jabberwacky) discussed their creator Rollo Carpenter.

Podcast: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ipm/2008/05/show_notes_inquests_food_lifts.shtml

Can a smooth-talking robot initiate good conversation, generate witty responses, and reveal profound thoughts? See what happens when two chatbots speak to each other.

Discover Magazine Article: http://discovermagazine.com/2007/brain/i-chat-therefore-i-am

Nobody enjoys telephoning a call centre. Could 'chatbot' technology make the experience less painful?

WITH their irritating menu trees and endless holding for the next available operator, call centres are one of the bugbears of modern life. Could a dose of software make the experience of dealing with one less painful? Researchers working on conversational software programs, or chatbots, certainly hope so. They aim to supplement and even replace human operators with software that can understand ordinary conversational language, and thus deal with calls more efficiently.

The Economist Article: http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8766002

George thinks you are a machine. Most of the time he sneers at you. Perhaps he is bitter, perhaps he is just teasing. But either way there is no need to be offended. George is a computer program.

Despite being an artificial intelligence, he is an incredibly likeable character. He cracks jokes at your expense and sometimes blurts out random responses.

Full Epoch Times story: http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-12-3/48907.html