I just caught up with a fascinating discussion on ABC Radio’s Future Tense on what artificial intelligence showdowns like the Turing Test tell us about the evolution of human nature. It sounds like a bit of clichéd subject but the interview with author Brian Christian is full of novel, thoughtful insights into how human nature [...] the dynamics of conversation, more accessible geographically, but the cost is that the lag on the connection is six times greater,… it is enough to disrupt a lot of the subtle dynamics of timing and pauses, and yielding to other people