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In some cases, M might have to make trade-offs, perhaps having the AI provide a less than ideal answer rather than passing someone's question on to a more expensive human, said Mark Riedl, associate professor at the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech. Riedl's research focuses on the intersection of AI, virtual worlds and storytelling.
"It's an economic question," he said.