Shopping online for the festive season? AI chatbots know whether you want to be naughty or nice - DLTK.AI

It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you have clicked on Add to Basket. T-800, eat your endoskeleton lubricant pump out: I'm talking about the new wave of e-commerce virtual assistants. It seems that you are not the only one to have noticed that responding to the "Do you need help?" popup while shopping online was about as productive as telling Eliza about your mother in 1992.