Google Duplex: An AI System for Accomplishing Real World Tasks Over the Phone

Re:Google Duplex: An AI System for Accomplishing Real World ... by koolba on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @04:05PM (#17024411)

The spam factor can go the other way too. Imagine the same type of program automating the spam / scam calls to the elderly.

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Re:Google Duplex: An AI System for Accomplishing Real World ... by murftown on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @07:09PM (#17026160)

Yeah, the phone lines getting that polluted is not a pleasant prospect.

This conversation reminds me of "Lenny", a simple bot someone created to talk pointlessly in circles with telemarketers for hours until they hang up in frustration.

https://www.reddit.com/r/itslenny/

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Re:Google Duplex: An AI System for Accomplishing Real World ... by blisterpeanuts on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @11:43PM (#17027280)

Yes, I was thinking the same thing. This Duplex system would be like a super-Lenny. Eventually telemarketers will probably figure out, though, that if they reach someone who is calm and friendly and very receptive to their pitch, yet never quite gets to yes, it's probably an AI.

By the same token, telemarketing companies could employ Duplex to call people. I guess if a Duplex telemarketer reached a Duplex telemarketer-baiter, the conversation could stretch on for a really long time and might make for amusing fodder on Youtube.

It's a strange new world!

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