Microsoft Research China is rethinking a more human artificial intelligence

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http://www.winbeta.org/news/microsoft-research-china-is-rethinking-a-more-human-artificial-intelligence

XiaoIce was a Microsoft program introduced last year in China and has since become a hit with younger users in the area. Users interact with XiaoIce daily, telling ‘her’ about their day at work, plans for the evening, discussions on current events and a host of other conversational topics. Based on how popular the chatbot program has become, Microsoft Researchers in China have become bullish on the idea of artificial intelligence not replacing human tasks and experiences, but augmenting them.