Meet Nadia, the scarily ‘human’ chatbot who can read your emotions

Have you ever dreamt of gazing into the eyes of chatbot while explaining your frustration with a service? If so, that would be oddly specific, but you’d also be in luck, thanks to an ambitious New Zealand startup. The company, which has the eerie name of Soul Machines, has created a virtual chatbot that can not only portray human emotion, but also read human facial expressions. The aim is to take chatbot service to the next level by humanizing the interaction between man and machine, basically by making them more like us. The chatbot, or Nadia as it (she?) prefers…

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