This unique virtual assistant is able to answer travelers’ questions
just about anything and everything concerning travel – ranging from
luggage and gate assignments, to security and arrivals. The Port
Authority of New York and New Jersey have proceeded with the
installation of these virtual babes that are projected on a plexiglass
cutout, and they will answer your questions ala Siri. Hopefully it can
recognize the numerous accents that are spoken by tourists and those
from outside of the city alike!
The cost does get prohibitive, however, where renting these will cost
you $180,000 for 6 months’ “work”! Perhaps hiring humans will still be
cheaper. What do you think of robots taking over the world in helping us
be more efficient? Will there be a robotic revolution, where they
become self-aware by sudden one of these days (and in retrospect, we
would see that the danger signs are there all along), and start bossing
us around? I do not think that a robotic apocalypse will happen, but
having these digital avatars help lost tourists and passengers out at
massive airports is definitely a good thing – at least they do not lose
their cool and have a perpetual smile on their face, but the downside
would be them being unable to answer any other questions unless if was
programmed into them.
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