Buddy bots: How turing's fast friends are undermining consumer privacy

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 647-655

  Kerr, Ian R ^a   Bornfreund, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 33645737861     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: 15313263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/105474605775196544     Document Type: Article

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