The human mind can be as cluttered as a browser with eighteen tabs open. And according to computer scientist Allen Downey, humans respond to computers as if they are people:
There is evidence that people naturally respond to computers as if they were people. When they work well, we think of them as teammates, and when they are obstinate or rude, we respond to them the same way we respond to rude, obstinate people.
(Source: ajforprez)
