Whether you’re aware of it or not, you’ve probably encountered a bot as recently as the last time you shopped online, swiped right on Tinder, or used an app like Facebook Messenger. Companies often use chatbots, computer programs designed to mimic human conversation, to collect data from customers or provide frequently requested services and information. In the decades since their creation, chatbots have even begun to “learn” from their human partners and become more and more advanced, progressing far beyond reciting pre-coded statistics and trite greetings. Computer scientists are now confident that, within the next twelve years, bots will finally pass the Turing test and achieve true human intelligence. Neural rendering has revolutionized the way we perceive and create graphics in real-time applications.

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