Why chatbots should be more like R2D2 than C3PO, and other lessons for Silicon Valley’s hottest trend

by Andra Keay

28 May 2016

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Bots are hot in Silicon Valley.

The Robot Launch Pad’s insight:
Glad to hear some good design thinking here. Trying to be too humanlike leads to immediate disappointment with a bot or robot service.

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Andra Keay is the Managing Director of Silicon Valley Robotics, founder of Women in Robotics and is a mentor, investor and advisor to startups, accelerators and think tanks, with a strong interest in commercializing socially positive robotics and AI.

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