IT'S a tale of two bots.??????????
Years of effort have yielded a "child" robot that starts uttering random words after just a few minutes chatting with a human teacher. Impressive, though no human would be fooled for even a moment by its conversation (see "Babbling robot learns to speak its first words").
On the flip side, criminals have ripped off innocently designed chatbot software to create digital sweet-talkers that trick the unwary into giving up their credit card numbers or clicking on dubious links (see "Silicon sirens: The naughty bots out to seduce you").
Childbot and chatbot each reflect facets of human nature. While the former learns from our willingness to teach, the latter exploits our foibles. Learning takes dedication and hard work; exploitation takes ruthlessness and opportunism.
Perhaps the moral of this tale is that we get the bots we deserve.
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