AlterEgo facial performance software may be ready to give massive artificial intelligences what they've been lacking so far - a convincing human face.
Take a look at the following video and pick out the face for the AIs of the future. Or, think about AIs in groups (let's call it "crowd computing"), like the City Fathers from Blish's Cities in Flight.
(AlterEgo facial performance software video)
Science fiction fans know the importance of a friendly face for AIs; consider Landru, from the classic Trek episode The Return of the Archons, in which a computer presents a wise face help control the human populace.
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