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The New York Times is launching additions to its Business Day section on Monday May 16th. The press release details how it will include new media:
On Mondays, Business Day will focus on media and marketing news, with technology included as it relates to those industries. David Carr will write a column on new media; the […]

I’ve met an awful lot of female chatbots out there.

ELIZA
JULIA
ALICE
LAUREN

Pygmalion’s shadow stretches over these bots and others, and gender play lives on in the DNA of Turing’s Test’s progeny.
Oh, and not to mention a few notable men:

JOHN
JACK

To be a chatbot (or to perform human conversation) seems to require gendering. But this aspect of the […]