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		mintplant on Jan 10, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IBM's Watson Memorized 'Urban Dictionary,' Then Hi... There's a certain human element there that makes this really, really amazing -- a machine with actual personality, molded by what it picks up from its environment. It's like a baby, learning to speak.

bitwize on Jan 10, 2013 | [–]

Jazz: "Wassup, bitches? Yo, this looks like a good place to kick it!"

Sam Witwicky: "How did he learn to talk like that?"

Optimus Prime: "We learned Earth's languages from the World Wide Web."

jlgreco on Jan 10, 2013 | [–]

Turing himself would be pleased. (Although also probably pretty disappointed that it has taken so long to get this far.)

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