Re:Japan plans to create 10B 14-digit phone numbers with 5G ...
by ianlevesque on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @09:48AM
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Only robots make phone calls now.
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Re:Japan plans to create 10B 14-digit phone numbers with 5G ...
by 27182818284 on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @10:04AM
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I think this is an underrated comment. I think 99% of my phone calls now are robo-calls or organizations I've done some transaction with calling. Very few (1% or less) of my phone calls are like friends and family--other mediums just took those over completely.
Re:Japan plans to create 10B 14-digit phone numbers with 5G ...
by netsharc on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @11:09AM
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In the grim future, you'll have a bot that can talk to your family and friends, like this with text to speech, using your voice:
https://www.theverge.com/a/luka-artificial-intelligence-memo...
Re:Japan plans to create 10B 14-digit phone numbers with 5G ...
by sbjustin on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @11:43AM
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I completely agree but the consideration is your phone is dead and you need to get ahold of someone. You should be able to easily memorize some way to contact emergency contacts IMO.