Computers have got much better at translation, voice recognition and speech synthesis, says Lane Greene. But they still don’t understand the meaning of language
Computers have made huge strides in understanding human speech
Machines are starting to sound more like humans
Machine translations have got strikingly better, but still need human input
Machines cannot conduct proper conversations with humans because they do not understand the world
The Winograd Schema tests computers’ “understanding” of the real world
Talking machines are the new must-haves
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