The phone sales Turing test passed?
On 11/21/14, Jim Bromer via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: > I've received two sales calls where I could not tell if I was talking > to a computer or a person with an overly slick voice. I asked "the > guy" today a couple of simple questions and "he" was able to answer > them after a couple of seconds. "His" voice kept coming back with the > same upbeat professional quality. The "guy" yesterday also sounded > like "he" was one of the top professional voices in the country. > Better than most voices on the television advertising. It was very > spooky because I kept getting the idea that AI is now so far advanced > that our efforts are moot no matter what we do. Maybe a particular > telemarketer has found a niche where he only hires really top voices > and they did not realize that I was only talking to them because I > could not tell if they were computers or not. Next time I am going to > jump into some questions other than, "what did you say your name was?" > I am going to ask about the product. Thinking now I have to come to > the conclusion that they were people, but it really makes me think > about what I am doing. Maybe I should stick to finding new ways to > automate the annotation of text. > Jim Bromer > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- 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
