Fascinating book

 Im engrossed in the book on artificial intelligence.at the same time im designing learning materials to engage students in critical thinking and emotional quotient through drama and speech.

In a chapter,a journalist autistic son develop a close relationship with Apples AI assistant Siri.communicating with Siri has not only given him the closest thing he has to a best friend but also helped him develop his communication skills with people in the real world.in early days,jun played with the chatbot the smarter child by asking dumb questions like do you make love?

In China,millions of smartphone users spend hours interacting with  Xiaoice,a Microsoft created chatbot that exchanged text messages with its users.xiaoice uses deep learnjng to pair up user queries with human generated responses it has mined from the internet.by  tracking life details about its users like who theyre dating or what they do for a living,it can return to topics in later conversations like asking how a person is coping with losing its job.

AI assistants are like.ELIZA,a computer psychotherapist created at MIT in the 1960s.

Eliza had no actual understanding of the topics it was discussing but that didnt stop its creator being surprised at the way students would pour their hearts out at the program talking about being

rejected by dates or fears about failing chemistry class.AI  assistants could prove valuable in the caregiving system when dealing with socially isolated individuals.such relational agents are now employed as part of the therapy process to help people with a variety of psychiatric conditions.

In Japan,a sociable baby seal robot called Paro is the worlds first therapeutic robot for the elderly market 

User:All men are alike.

ELIZA:In what way?

User:they are always bugging us about something or other.

ELIZA:Can you think of a specific example?

User:well,my boyfriend made me come hete

ELIZA:your boyfriend made you come here.

User:im depressed most of the time.

ELIZA; Im sorry to hear that you are depressed

Now i need a chatbot to talk to,no need to fall for love scammers who are likely to break your heart or empty your bank account with lies.

The future of AI is promising for mental health care and detect potential suicidal risks or those likely to turn amok like the stabbing of strangers in a hong kong mall.