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In 2009, Microsoft had to fake parts of this AI demo called Project Milo, with a virtual character able to converse and interact with you and even comment on your drawing. Today this is completely mundane capability.

Many people at this time thought it was a legitimate breakthrough in AI capability. However it was never released, was used to hype the Microsoft gaming console of that day & Kinect the 3D video system it used, and was soon exposed as mostly faked for the demo. But today, we can do all of this easi…

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  1. 2026-10-21 06:44 · r/singularity
    In 2009, Microsoft had to fake parts of this AI demo called Project Milo, with a virtual character able to converse and interact with you and even comment on your drawing. Today this is completely mundane capability.

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