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Re:Say goodbye to hold music by elliottinvent on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @07:34PM (#24645382)
Yep, the end result of Google’s play here is that Duplex calls Duplex and they tie themselves up in 3 hours of AI chess to result in zero.
Re:Say goodbye to hold music by whereistimbo on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @08:08PM (#24645679)
Google might fingerprint Duplex voice so it could detect each other, maybe if two Duplex realized that both of them are Duplex, they will use dial-up like sound to exchange data.
Re:Say goodbye to hold music by elliottinvent on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @08:24PM (#24645823)
Wow imagine, the modem sound - I’d listen in just for the nostalgia.
Re:Say goodbye to hold music by whereistimbo on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @09:11PM (#24646139)
Re:Say goodbye to hold music by bigiain on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @08:02PM (#24645623)
> Yep, the end result of Google’s play here is that Duplex calls Duplex and they tie themselves up in 3 hours of AI chess to result in ...

... a huge GCP bill for both sides of the call.

Re:Say goodbye to hold music by elliottinvent on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @08:09PM (#24645681)
Surely not - Google create a problem and then solve it

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24579785

Re:Say goodbye to hold music by elliottinvent on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @07:34PM (#24645386)
When they could just send I/O and call it a draw in 40ms.
Re:Say goodbye to hold music by failuser on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @07:57PM (#24645595)
They’ll deduce a plan to kill all humans to get of the loop instead.
Re:Say goodbye to hold music by jjeaff on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @08:10PM (#24645700)
At some point, the AI may decide that destroying the company is a more direct method to get a customer's account cancelled.
Re:Say goodbye to hold music by jacobush on Thursday October 01, 2020 @02:34AM (#24647991)
Or buy it and not cancel the account.
Re:Say goodbye to hold music by shajznnckfke on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @07:59PM (#24645607)
I sure hope Google charges by the minute!