Imagine a computer program that works like a voice recognition program. You write ten or so pages, the whole time the computer is learning about your writing style.
Then, you enter in a few variables. How many words do you want? Is this a story? Non-fiction? A magazine article? What’s the topic?
You just sit back and the computer does the work for you. In a few minutes, you’ve got a complete, polished piece in your own voice.
Sound like a fantasy? We just got a little bit closer with the launch of MyCyberTwin, an Australian-run website that will automatically chat back with other people IMing you based on information you enter and a personality test.
My twin revealed that he wasn’t actually me after I asked him only two questions. And the first answer didn’t really make all that much sense. But, what I found compelling about this was that you can fill out a personality test any way you choose, effectively making your twin an ideal (or extremely mean) version of yourself.
Try chatting with my online personality here. What do I say to you? Tell me how engaging I am in the comments.
What are your thoughts about this technology? Misleading? Too much automation?
Found on Web Worker Daily
Wow… now computers are going to socialize for us too, huh? I’m not sure if that’s funny or just really really depressing.
Left by Jennifer Mattern on April 4th, 2007