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Re:Let’s Destroy Robocalls by darepublic on Monday March 04, 2019 @02:21PM (#19304356)
Need intelligent chat agents to receive calls on your behalf and act appropriate, just as you would -- arranging legit appointments, coordinating pick up times with the spouse and trolling offshore scammers by dangling red herring personal info to keep their resources tied as long as possible.
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Re:Let’s Destroy Robocalls by Causality1 on Monday March 04, 2019 @02:29PM (#19304434)
AI assistants are all well and good but I find you continually run into seemingly simple situation that completely flummox them. I experienced this myself recently when I discovered that, despite nearly a decade of development, Google Assistant can't handle the command "navigate to the McDonald's closest to the Best Buy"
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Re:Let’s Destroy Robocalls by pavel_lishin on Monday March 04, 2019 @02:37PM (#19304515)
"Once again, sir, we're terribly sorry that Alexa misunderstood your daycare provider due to their accent. Due to your loss, please accept this $20 Audible credit to your account."
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