My impressions of Milo and Natal are that they're interesting concepts that over the next 20 years, as the technology develops, people learn how to take advantage of the technology, and it is combined with other systems, will revolutionize gaming. At the same time, I think that many people saw the Milo/Natal demo and believed that Microsoft was promising/delivering this product from 20 years in the future today; and are either unwilling to realize that what is delivered will have its own flaws and challenges, or see any flaw or challenge presented as Microsoft lying to them.

But if the woman who interacted with Milo, for the first time, was able to do it perfectly. And with Microsoft touting so many journalists saying that Milo was real, aren't they saying that the product is real and functional?

Well, inventory on Mass Effect sucked, so I was somewhat thinking about that, and how it could have bee improved , had it been done uunder Natal...so it was for a specific case that annoyed my...

Graphics designers also imply that games are more than skin deep illusions. I  was kidding btw, I just thought you were taking it a bit too personally.

How did inventory worked in Mass Effect? Was it like Deus Ex, or ES: Oblivion?

I take it very personally when someone says that I said/argued something that I didn't... that's just straight out lying.

I will never know.

Thanks to the power of the drug that is WoW.

They didn't expect anyone to believe that demo was real. It was Microsoft's over-exaggerated introduction for Natal. A conference room filled with game developers can't be fooled.

True AI will likely not exist in our lifetime. There is no way to conceivably program something to interpret and respond to the human language, along with memory and perception. Not for a very long time.

From MTV multiplayer:

"So what was technology and what was a trick? It appeared that Milo’s ability to recognize actual words is completely AWOL at the moment. Former MTVer Stephen Totilo joined me for my meeting, and Stephen’s attempts to interact with Milo resulted in mere quaint smiles and frowns. Molyneux went on to say that players must “train Milo to their voice.” That may be, but based on this demo there’s still a lot of ground to cover."

So it appears the technology (at least at this point) is not nearly advanced enough to allow just a random user to fully interact (for example a gaming friend). Possibly bad articulation or dialect will have an affect on the effectiveness of this technology, let alone if people want to play in their native languages like Japanese, German, French, Italian, Dutch, etc this may pose a far greater hurdle to overcome.

I think they should have waited a couple of years until they really have something to show to the public.

I didn't say/imply/intend anything of the sort! All I was suggesting was that you take the logic to its natural conclusion. Sorry if I wasn't explicit.