News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Google’s new conversational AI could eventually undermine our sense of identity. Parent comment

Re:Google’s new conversational AI could eventually undermine... by arbie on Thursday May 10, 2018 @11:04AM (#17039471)
The optimum scenario is when the algorithm shops around while it is on the phone with barber#1 and discovers the only available time is suboptimal (but still above acceptance threshold). Sort of a "hold bird in hand while rummaging in bush" approach.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Google’s new conversational AI could eventually undermine... by fixermark on Thursday May 10, 2018 @11:39AM (#17039845)
I can definitely see how that could be annoying, especially if the system killed a transaction mid-conversation with "Oh, I apologize; I found a better offer elsewhere. Goodbye."

So, y'know, they should probably not do that. ;)

[ Parent | on HN ]