Mainstreet Research is saying that a sample of 2,534 Ontario voters found that 42.3 per cent were likely to vote for the PC Party on June 7, while 28.4 per cent say they will vote NDP. The Liberals won 22.1 per cent. About 5.4 per cent said that they will vote for the Green Party.
WHO AM I TALKING TO?
Google’s display of artificial intelligence this week revealed an impressive — and scary — accomplishment. By way of a program it calls Duplex, it showed how a smartphone app could replicate a human voice, down to the “umms” and “ahhs” in pauses. The bot sounded more real than the person it was calling. While the idea is a practical one — saving us the hassle of making phone calls to set up reservations at restaurants and hair salons — it also foretells sinister criminal misuse. Google tricked the person on the other side of the phone call into thinking they were talking to a fellow human being. Fittingly, while the Internet giant was hailed for the tech breakthrough, it also was criticized for pulling a form of high-tech “con” since at no point did Google in its recorded demo let the human on the other end know they were talking to a robot. “Hi dad, could you please send money?”
NO WINNING LOTTO MAX
No winning ticket was sold for the $60 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. However, four of the 15 Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each were won — three going to ticket holders in Ontario and one in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on May 18 will remain at approximately $60 million, but there will be 29 Maxmillion prizes up for grabs.
