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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Replying to @RuinTaughtMe @Pinboard
They’ll ruin it for accessibility use if it gets associated with deception right of the bat. People with disabilities should be most alarmed.
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Or guardians of adult children with disabilities.
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Replying to @KennethBuff @zeynep and
You folks are debbie downers. What is the *difference* between talking to a bot and a telemarketer? None. It's not like the bot was pretending to be the person's mother. The accessibility possibilities are HUGE.
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It's interesting that you make this parallel, because people hated telemarketing so much they got it effectively banned. The same thing will happen here, and the people hit hardest will be the disabled who rely on it.
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