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Google Assistant can impersonate a human on the phone

Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 8:17 am
by Transient
https://gizmodo.com/uhh-google-assistan ... 1825861987
Called Duplex, it’s intended to make people’s lives easier by handling standard phone calls that are necessary, but not especially personal.

In examples Google demonstrated on stage during the I/O keynote, Google Assistant called a hair stylist to arrange an appointment and called a restaurant to get information about a reservation, using a voice that sounds a little less robotic than the standard Google Assistant
We're almost there.

Re: Google Assistant can impersonate a human on the phone

Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 9:44 am
by phantasmagoria
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EDIT: huh, I never realized that's Vasquez from Aliens

Re: Google Assistant can impersonate a human on the phone

Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 12:27 pm
by Eraser
Prime example of a phone call that's necessary but not especially personal