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Re:Google Duplex: An AI System for Accomplishing Real World ... by tracker1 on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @07:26PM (#17026253)
As long as there's a way out of the AVR system... too often, you get trapped when you want something that isn't an option.
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Re:Google Duplex: An AI System for Accomplishing Real World ... by seanp2k2 on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @05:54AM (#17028603)
When you mash 0 with Comcast, it kind of scoffs at you and tells you that it needs some information before it can help you. If you keep hitting 0 it just hangs up. Pretty terrible experience, but they don’t have to care because they have monopolized so many neighborhoods.
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