Very interesting article in CNN today:
About a person’s research into robotics and conversational improvisation.
It’s a tricky subject.
The quote in the story that really popped was:
“I think that robotics has a tremendous amount to work with from theater,” she said, her speech alternately full of girlish enthusiasm and steady with technical detail. Theater, she adds, is focused explicitly on character interactions — and her research is engaged in how to help robots “read” people and vice versa.”
Now, she is absolutely looking in the right direction (in our opinion), but, where we differ is that the contentAI platform is equally focused on the “audience” within the theater (or cinema, which is an easier analogy). The audience (i.e. “end user experience”) within a dramatic/narrative can, and expects to, undergo a certain level of “suspension of disbelief.”
When you factor that into the equation, fast tracking conversational AI, including what “passes” for improvisation, becomes achievable in a different form.
But, for the End User, it’s about satisfying them…it’s about engaging them emotionally…it’s about them wanting more.


