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Uhh, Google Assistant Impersonating a Human on the Phone Is Scary as Hell to Me
- gizmoduhhhhh 9y agoi find the phenomenon of gizmodo bloggists impersonating journalists to be much scarier. what a horrible headline
- asdsa5325 9y agoThe true irony is that Duplex uses "um" and "uhh" to sound more human... Gizmodo nicely displays the need for programmed language errors
- bitmapbrother 9y agoIt's hard to take an article seriously when the title is so full of hyperbole. This person needs to experience what scary as hell is before using that line next time.
- gremlinsinc 9y agoI'm more worried about AI in drones deciding who lives / dies. That's way more scary (and a little terminator'ish).
- moneytide1 9y agoFinally, computers can talk to other humans for us. That has always been such a hassle. Dozens of seconds of our business day will now be freed up. Thanks, Google
- palad1n 9y agoFrom a different article: But don't expect to be able to ask the agent any random question that pops into your head. "Duplex can only carry out natural conversations after being deeply trained in such domains," a Google release points out, "It cannot carry out general conversations." https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/08/pretty-sure-googles-new-talking-ai-just-beat-the-turing-test/ https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/08/pretty-sure-googles-new-...