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As if businesses haven't been using robocalls and automated response systems for years.
by pythonaut_16 8y ago
As if businesses haven't been using robocalls and automated response systems for years.
- zeusk 8y agoYes, and people don't like that. This way we'll end up with robots talking to robots using human language, which couldn't be more idiotic.
- fixermark 8y ago> which couldn't be more idiotic Actually, that sounds like a perfectly reasonable solution to piggyback on the existing telecom infrastructure in a backwards-compatible way. I think you just described a stepping-stone for moving from a system where humans burn a bunch of time negotiating deals to where deals are auto-negotiated on behalf of humans without having to build out a new protocol from scratch or run a new initiative through ANSI or W3C. Neat. Beats the pants off the transition plan for IPv4 to IPv6 at least.
- zeusk 8y ago> Actually, that sounds like a perfectly reasonable solution to piggyback on the existing telecom infrastructure in a backwards-compatible way. > I think you just described a stepping-stone for moving from a system where humans burn a bunch of time negotiating deals to where deals are auto-negotiated on behalf of humans without having to build out a new protocol from scratch or run a new initiative through ANSI or W3C. Except for the fact that Human language is not entirely precise. We can't even implement error-free "smart" contracts in a specialized language and you think doing so in a language with so much more ambiguity using computers is a good idea?
- pythonaut_16 8y agoTo me at least, the value of something like Google Duplex would be doing things like scheduling things over the phone, i.e. things that I should already be able to do on a computer anyways.