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I can’t help feeling this technology will end up more widely deployed for a related but less wholesome application.

by mosura 1y ago

BeetleB 1y ago
Are 1-900 numbers still a thing? Are all those people going to lose their jobs? And the really scary question: Am I to be sad if they do?
- dragonwriter 1y ago
  > Are 1-900 numbers still a thing? Are all those people going to lose their jobs? IIRC, the 900 “area code” is still reserved for that kind of calling in the North American Numbering Plan, but all of the US carriers have withdrawn from doing pass-on billing for 900 calls (in part, IIRC, because the government prohibited them from disconnecting service for nonpayment of those charges), so I don’t think they’ve been a significant business for a while, and most of that kind of business has moved to various online platforms.
andrepd 1y ago
I swear to god, people need to stop trying to go for 100% completion in turning every Black Mirror episode into reality.
- dylan604 1y ago
  I think it's more of a speed run really. I'm waiting for Santa to start suggesting that the kid could have more presents if it weren't for those pesky siblings type of nonsense
tom1337 1y ago
I might be stupid but what are you referring to?
- RodgerTheGreat 1y ago
  Use your imagination a little; I'm sure you can come up with several variants that are an even viler and more exploitative/manipulative idea than the product as it stands. Let your kid call a crude simulacrum of dead relatives, let religious folks call a crude simulacrum of $DEITY, make an "adult" version that crudely simulates a phone-sex hotline (charge extra to recharge the minutes on that one obviously), etc, etc.
  - Spivak 1y ago
    > make an "adult" version that crudely simulates a phone-sex hotline This is a quaint almost vintage version of the technology that already exists. Why stop at just audio when you can right now have a "video call" with your AI sexbot? If you were worried porn was going to lose it's top spot for pushing technology forward—and backward and forward and backward—to it's eventual climax then worry no more!
- Gigachad 1y ago
  AI powered grandma scammers which can exactly mimic their grandsons voice asking for money.
  - datadrivenangel 1y ago
    Already complete.
Sean-Der 1y ago
It's already happening! I went to https://vapi.ai/vapicon https://vapi.ai/vapicon and the stuff that people are already building is bonkers. It would be naive to think that this technology would only be used for good. I have been working on Pion WebRTC for years though and have see lots of stuff getting built that didn't feel great. Not sure what I can do though.
- RyanOD 1y ago
  Care to share some examples? I'm curious...
  - Sean-Der 1y ago
    Vapicon or Pion examples?
    - noman-land 1y ago
      Yes.

I can’t help feeling this technology will end up more widely deployed for a related but less wholesome application.

by mosura 1y ago

I can’t help feeling this technology will end up more widely deployed for a related but less wholesome application.

Are 1-900 numbers still a thing? Are all those people going to lose their jobs? And the really scary question: Am I to be sad if they do?

dragonwriter 1y ago
> Are 1-900 numbers still a thing? Are all those people going to lose their jobs? IIRC, the 900 “area code” is still reserved for that kind of calling in the North American Numbering Plan, but all of the US carriers have withdrawn from doing pass-on billing for 900 calls (in part, IIRC, because the government prohibited them from disconnecting service for nonpayment of those charges), so I don’t think they’ve been a significant business for a while, and most of that kind of business has moved to various online platforms.

andrepd 1y ago

I swear to god, people need to stop trying to go for 100% completion in turning every Black Mirror episode into reality.

dylan604 1y ago
I think it's more of a speed run really. I'm waiting for Santa to start suggesting that the kid could have more presents if it weren't for those pesky siblings type of nonsense

tom1337 1y ago

I might be stupid but what are you referring to?

RodgerTheGreat 1y ago
Use your imagination a little; I'm sure you can come up with several variants that are an even viler and more exploitative/manipulative idea than the product as it stands. Let your kid call a crude simulacrum of dead relatives, let religious folks call a crude simulacrum of $DEITY, make an "adult" version that crudely simulates a phone-sex hotline (charge extra to recharge the minutes on that one obviously), etc, etc.
- Spivak 1y ago
  > make an "adult" version that crudely simulates a phone-sex hotline This is a quaint almost vintage version of the technology that already exists. Why stop at just audio when you can right now have a "video call" with your AI sexbot? If you were worried porn was going to lose it's top spot for pushing technology forward—and backward and forward and backward—to it's eventual climax then worry no more!
Gigachad 1y ago
AI powered grandma scammers which can exactly mimic their grandsons voice asking for money.
- datadrivenangel 1y ago
  Already complete.

Sean-Der 1y ago

It's already happening! I went to https://vapi.ai/vapicon https://vapi.ai/vapicon and the stuff that people are already building is bonkers. It would be naive to think that this technology would only be used for good. I have been working on Pion WebRTC for years though and have see lots of stuff getting built that didn't feel great. Not sure what I can do though.

RyanOD 1y ago
Care to share some examples? I'm curious...
- Sean-Der 1y ago
  Vapicon or Pion examples?
  - noman-land 1y ago
    Yes.