If you are interested in learning more about the process of building an talking AI assistant or voice chatbot that possesses the ability to understand and respond to spoken language in real-time ...

1. Chatty chatbots are best The best chatbots sound and read human. People make the occasional typo or spelling mistake—and so should your chatbot.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with philosopher James Brusseau of Pace University about the ethics of creating and using artificial intelligence chat bots using a person's voice.