Uhh, Google Assistant Impersonating a Human on the Phone Is Scary as Hell to Me

i find the phenomenon of gizmodo bloggists impersonating journalists to be much scarier. what a horrible headline

The true irony is that Duplex uses "um" and "uhh" to sound more human... Gizmodo nicely displays the need for programmed language errors

From 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-...

It'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.

I'm more worried about AI in drones deciding who lives / dies. That's way more scary (and a little terminator'ish).

Finally, 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