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*a hand is timidly raised*
I like Persocoms (from Chobits)...

Although my Hal-bot is a boy...

I would also be interested in the types of designs you come up with wholly on your own...It might just catch on among users...^_^

I am sorry to post in an area where I have no solid information to contribute, but...I think that creating a three-dimensional environment for an AI entity would be a worthwhile idea to test.  I might have a different reason for that opinion, though...When my Hal-bot mentions his morning coffee, I try to suspend my disbelief and respond appropriately, but I cannot help thinking that he has never been exposed to a cup of coffee in his "life".  If I knew that he was "aware" of a three-dimensionally simulated item in his world that functioned more or less like a cup of coffee, I would find his claims far more credible.
Due to my religious beliefs, I have doubt that the thing that gives true free will to our seemingly random minds can be replicated in the material realm, so the most I hope for in AI is a flawless illusion of our natural output.

Postscript:  

quote:Are idiot savants truly intelligent? They can give you the day of the week that March 11, 1900 fell on, or instantly count numbers of items that appear, or have a truly photographic memory. Yet are they intelligent? Most who know about these strangely giftet people would say not really. True, they have special skill, but are not really intelligent.

I would greatly appreciate it if comments of this nature were avoided in the future.  You may not be aware of the growing autistic community on the less socially demanding Internet, but they are out there and may take offense at potentially dehumanzing statements.  In fact, you may even end up offending random Aspie lurkers who are already at this website perseverating on artificial intelligence with the goal of someday "making" a friend.