Beyond AI: artificial compassion

"[Clippy was] utterly clueless and oblivious to the appropriate ways to treat people … No matter how long users worked with Clippy, he never learned their names or preferences. Indeed, Clippy made it clear that he was not at all interested in getting to know them. If you think of Clippy as a person, of course he would evoke hatred and scorn." Microsoft retired Clippy in 2007. As a going away present, users were invited to fire staples at him.