Was Clippy 6?

I think Clippy, the Microsoft helpful annoying animated Office assistant paperclip was about age 6.

This is an interesting TED talk from MIT's Rebecca Saxe. Researcher Rebecca Saxe describes our brains dedicated region for understanding what other people are thinking, and explains "It's not until age 7 that we get what looks more like an adult response." [Interesting note: her research is using high strength magnetic fields to slightly alter our perception of others]

Understanding what other people want is hard work—it takes us humans 7 years of life to get to the point that we understand the intentions and beliefs of others at an 'adult level'. Will we see another Clippy in the next decade?

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