Artificial Intelligence

Siri — a form of artificial intelligence used in iPhones — can understand a lot; however, if you ask Siri if it "grasps" the concepts lobbed its way, the intelligence reveals its artificiality.

iClickers make it really hard to fall behind in a class. They keep us accountable for showing up to lecture and stop us from declaring that the school day is over (when we in fact still have two more lectures). We at the Clog are in no way encouraging academic dishonesty or cheating, but are instead setting forth a few creative alternatives in place of trekking to class and sitting through lecture.

Curious about how these bots could actually improve my life, I started conversations with the five bots on my menu screen. I hoped for actual conversation to flow, but the bots’ language was stilted, even though their grammar itself was perfect.