The Telegraph My details My newsletters Logout Upgrade to Premium My details My newsletters Logout The Telegraph My week with a very bossy robot [ChatBotsHumans_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqek9vKm18v_rkIPH9w2GMNtm3NAjPW-2_OvjCi which portrayed artificial intelligence robots Credit: Des Willie/Kudos/Channel 4 12 April 2016 • 6:42pm After two decades being an office worker, I finally made it.
 I now have a personal assistant.
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 She is the latest, and possibly the most interesting, version of a phenomenon that has taken Silicon Valley by storm: chatbots.
 These are computer software programmes that are able to communicate with humans through artificial intelligence and, possibly, help run their homes.
 Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, is developing an AI robot Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, is developing an AI robot Earlier this year, Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook founder, announced that he was going to dedicate his spare time to building a “simple AI”, similar to Jarvis, the robotic butler in Iron Man.
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 “There are a number of daily tasks that I’d love help with.
 Something that could summarise all the emails I get sent during a day would be great” Sabine Hubert, lecturer in robotics at Bristol University First, there’s Apple’s Siri and Microsoft’s Cortana, mobile phone software that uses very basic artificial intelligence to understand your voice and answer your questions.
 Also, some companies, such as Ikea, use chatbots to answer standard customer service enquiries when you get in touch with a complaint.