BBC: Can AI have a mind of its own? -2

And while we're busy seeing ourselves by assigning human traits to things that are not, we risk being blindsided.

The more fluent that text is, the more different topics it can converse on, the more chances there are to get taken in.

If we treat computers as if they could think, we might get blindsided, or unpleasantly surprised. Artificial intelligence works by finding patterns in massive amounts  of data, so it can seem like we're talking with a human, instead of a machine doing data analysis. As a result, we get taken in- we're tricked or deceived into thinking we're dealing with a human, or with something intelligent.

Powerful AI can make machines appear conscious, but even tech giants like Google are years away from building computers that can dream or fall in love. Speaking of which, Sam, what was the answer to your question?

I asked what happened in the 2013 movie, Her. Neil thought that the main character falls in love with his computer, which was the correct answer!

OK. Right, it's time to recap the vocabulary we've learned from this programme about AI, including chatbots- computer programmes designed to interact with humans over the internet.

The adjective cognitive describes anything connected with the mental processes of knowing, learning and understanding. 

Wishful thinking means thinking that something which is very unlikely to happen might happen one day in the future. 

To anthropomorphise an object means to treat it as if it were human, even though it's not. 

When you're blindsided, you're surprised in a negative way. 

And finally, to get taken in by someone means to be deceived or tricked by them. My computer tells me that our six minutes are up! Join us again soon, for now it's goodbye from us.