Human communication feels so natural that we don't notice how much mental work it requires, but try to communicate while you're doing something else — the high accident rate among people who text while driving says it all — and you'll quickly realize how demanding it is.

Paul Cohen

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This is a parlor game for humans, but a tremendous challenge for computers, to do it well, the machine must keep track of the ideas in the story, then generate an idea about how to extend the story and express this idea in language.

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[T]oday we view computers as tools to be activated by a few clicks or keywords, in large part because we are separated by a language barrier, the goal of CwC is to bridge that barrier, and in the process encourage the development of new problem-solving technologies.

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Because humans and machines have different abilities, collaborations between them might be very productive.

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