By Richard Chirgwin -
Someone at the Chocolate Factory doesn't realise that Douglas Adams wrote satire, and has patented replaceable robot personalities.
In US Patent 8,996,429, filed in 2012 and published on March 31, Google's Anthony Francis and Thor Lewis propose a robot that “may be configured to tailor a personality for interaction with the user based on the identified information”.
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Google patent wants to create robotic personalities - Genuine People Personalities (GPP) could become a real thing
