You can also relate it to a blanket with a slit along the side so it can be worn and removed quickly. They aim to provide maximum protection from water while also providing warmth while outdoors. While ponchos are outer garments made to keep the body warm, survival ponchos are a different kind entirely. Some people often confuse them for a raincoat, but they are a lot different from it.
Before I get into what to look out for in a quality survival poncho, let’s first discuss why you need one. Not all of them are the same, and there are a few things to look for when shopping for the best kind. Like every other outdoor essential you will need for camping, you want to be extra careful when in the market for survival ponchos. With the help of survival ponchos, you can stay warm and dry, while also keeping the content of your backpack safe from the weather. Walking for hours under the rain or snow can take a toll on your health, not to mention putting a dent in your outdoor experience. In addition to packing refreshments, change of clothes, and safety gadgets, you also want to have a poncho in your rucksack, especially when going out under wet weather. It’s not their fault that they don’t actually have artificial intelligence behind the wheel.Īlso, I really don’t want to alienate our future robot overlords when they inevitably read this story.You cannot always be sure of the weather when hiking or camping outdoors, and you want to be prepared for the worst scenario. They just have a small number of preprogrammed responses….I can’t really blame Poncho or CNN for being such crappy bots. None of Facebook’s current bots are artificially intelligent. The problem is that Facebook’s bots…are masquerading as something they are not. It returned three white shirts, one t-shirt, and a sweater. Spring knows nothing about my shopping history, what style of shirt I’m looking for, the color, the occasion (work or casual) or anything else. Why would I like these particular items? I don’t know. Couldn’t Spring’s new shopping bot help point me to some nice items?…Īfter I narrowed it down to tops under $75, Spring returned five items it thought I would like. I like the color black and I don’t want to spend a lot. Here’s a simple problem a chatbot could help me solve, I thought: I’m in the market for a new shirt. I spent more time trying to guess what these little bots wanted to hear then actually talking to them. The problem is that most Messenger chatbots are dull conversationalists, so most of my chats sound unnatural, punctuated by moments of frustrating silence. I realized that using these robo-assistants is like trying to talk politics with a toddler. In fact, Poncho the ‘weathercat,’ which Facebook messaging chief David Marcus demoed onstage at the company’s F8 developer conference today, comes with a disclaimer that it ‘typically replies within an hour.’ That’s neat, if you’re the kind of person who can spend an hour waiting to know whether it’s going to rain. There’s just one problem: the bots are slow… painfully slow. User intrigue over what a chatbot can actually do quickly turned into loathing, once they began being spammed through a channel hitherto restricted to personal messages from people they care about…The trouble begins when you realise you don’t know how do you stop the messages. Tech writers took a look at the first generation of Facebots–and let’s just say the next generation couldn’t get here soon enough for their tastes. Last week, the social media giant announced big plans to enable businesses to conduct customer service through automatic messaging: “chatbots” that could carry on simple conversations, take orders or make appointments on Facebook’s Messenger app.
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