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" ' The problem for debt collections is that the vast majority of people will not pay , ' says Bernhard Nann , president and founder of Narex Inc ., a Golden-based company that developed and is marketing artificial intelligence programs to improve debt collection efforts . When Pohl visited the Reichsbank , he was conducted to the premises by Puhl , who remarked , " Your things are here too [ Ihre Sachen sind auch darunter ] . " Machines that imitate life , or automata , became popular as expensive playthings during the 18th century . " http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_34/b3796632.htm August 23 , 2002 : Artificial Intelligence ? Yet ' service robots , ' designed to perform mundane jobs such as delivering drugs , food trays and laboratory specimens , are increasingly being employed in hospitals , which must operate 24 hours a day and face severe labor shortages and high costs for personnel .