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Against the Algorithm

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Ben Sixsmith
Jan 29, 2021
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I hope readers will forgive the bleak subject matter - as if my typical columns are all sweetness and light - but it is not just for personal reasons that I have been thinking about Microsoft patenting a “chatbot” designed to imitate the dead.

The Independent reports:

The patent describes creating a bot based on the “images, voice data, social media posts…

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