> I wonder how far you could get, though, with an AI that strung together phrases like a struggling beauty pageant contestant or politician: "I think world peace is important because uh education is the key to success and uh what really matters is the children and uh that's what makes America great!"
Hmm -- you clearly haven't listened to many TED talks, because lots of them sound just like that. Having listened to about 100 of them over the years, I eventually came to the conclusion that the most popular ones acquired their acclaim by being as formulaic as possible -- say positive things, don't mystify your audience, build your talk out of a series of verbal bumperstickers.
Hmm -- you clearly haven't listened to many TED talks, because lots of them sound just like that. Having listened to about 100 of them over the years, I eventually came to the conclusion that the most popular ones acquired their acclaim by being as formulaic as possible -- say positive things, don't mystify your audience, build your talk out of a series of verbal bumperstickers.