New Google Bot Calls Humans (and Sounds Human)

I/O keynote included a segment on Google Assistant with a slew of newly announced features, but none was as startling as its rollout of Google Duplex: a voice-powered service that pretends to be human and calls businesses on your behalf.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai played back two phone conversations that he alleged were 100-percent legitimate, in which Google's AI-driven voice service called real-world businesses and scheduled appointments based on a user's data.

In both cases, voices that sounded decidedly more human and realistic than the default female Google Assistant voice used seemingly natural speech patterns.

ROFLMAO.... I Just Can't Wait For Businesses To Start Using This Bot .....

"Hi, I need an appointment for a lobotomy as soon as possible under the name, RexButthurt, can you help me?"

"Hello, Chicken Ranch...."

LOL... One supposes that the GA could make appointments for anyone you axed it to, where ever you wanted it to.

"Hello, Federal Penitentiary? I'd like to make an appointment to give myself up under the name Donald Trump."

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