Yes. I agree. What do we do about it? This type of automation is all over the place and getting more prevalent - for example automated license plate readers and remote credit card scanners and... most people don't know they are being scanned from satellite and drones and facial recognition networks.
At some point I expect remote DNA scanners. As we give up privacy and anonymity more responsibility should be pushed onto the technology. There's a whole nother area of standards development that needs to take place. Should an outbound telephone dialer be required to announce that it is automated in some way? For example when recording calls an announcement is required to be made to the user. I would prefer an initial beep of a particular frequency when the call is fully automated and I may try to popularize that requirement. Let's say 2 or 3 sequential tones or 250 ms each within a common audible range. I want to know when I'm dealing with a bot verses a person especially if there is no p-consciousness involved as I consider that my rights are being stepped on. John > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Bromer [mailto:[email protected]] > > The combination of using a real person and an automation built on his voice > makes sense. I feel better about that. But there was a moment when I had this > feeling that the whole thing was a little creepy. And not just because it was > an > unwanted cold call that could be from a marketing company or a criminal > enterprise. The idea that you will not know if the person you are talking to > on > the phone or across the internet is an actual person or not bothers me a lot. > Jim Bromer > > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
