But creating a convincing talking computer is actually really hard.
Stevens, who doesn't think that the alcohol-reduction process removes body and flavour too, talked a convincing talk.
The bailout not only kept GM and Chrysler (and Jeep) afloat; it gave Obama his most convincing talking point in Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin -- all places he must win, and all places where he is currently hanging on to leads.
And their conversations, as imagined by Govier, are quite convincing as talk that, if noted down in the journals, would have troubled Audubon's future granddaughter.
When advertising a new car's efficiency, for example, it is more convincing to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does, rather than the equivalent percentage fall in fuel consumption.There may be lessons for regulators too.
Obama was at his most convincing when talking about the big picture, arguing that on trade the ship had sailed and it was time to start charting a more progressive course.
There is a range of tone here that enables Claudius, in his persona as professional historian, to deal with matters widely diverse, to be equally convincing whether talking about the waste and excess of military triumphs, the fate of Varus and his regiments in the forests of Germany, or the endless intriguing for power and influence among the members of the imperial family.
Somehow, my very convincing husband talked me into driving almost three hours to Central Oregon to look at a pit bull.
He discovered that he could spend the evening in a pub and make variously convincing small talk with the bar staff and then return half pissed to his bright white room, conkers strewn everywhere, and sleep and wake up in the morning and go back out into the world without fear of who would be waiting to destroy him.
A man of immense privilege, rising only because of his family name, struggles to look convincing when he talks of meritocracy.The overall impression of Mr Gandhi from Mrs Ramachandran's book is that of a figure who has an ill-defined urge to improve the lives of poor Indians, but no real idea of how to do so.
