Google Assistant making calls pretending to be human not only without disclosing that it's a bot, but adding "ummm" and "aaah" to deceive the human on the other end with the room cheering it... horrifying. Silicon Valley is ethically lost, rudderless and has not learned a thing.
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That the many in Google did not erupt in utter panic and disgust at the first suggestion of this... is incredible to me. What of Google's famed discussion boards? What are you all discussing if not this?!?! This is horrible and so obviously wrong. SO OBVIOUSLY WRONG. *headdesk*
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Rest assured there will be some devastating memes posted internally about this.
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The applause was shocking and shameful. To me there's at least three levels of alarm here—that Google would think it was a good idea to develop this, that they would publicly present it, and that their employees would applaud it.
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The public demonstration of their lack of an ethical center, at this late date, is what's scarier than any specific technology. These are the people in charge of our world, and these are the decisions they are capable of making.
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