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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So, I've seen quite a few different products demoed at various states of design over many decades. Demos, in my experience, actually are quite often a way to generate useful critical feedback. Now, you may have had a different experience with the products you have designed.
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I’m ex-Apple, so that’s the model I’m working off of when I see demos like this. The product, being shown to a dev conference is substantially a representation of what is conceived to be the shipping design. If Google does it differently then


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It's a product. You don't need to buy it. It'll lead to more appointments being made hopefully. And making more human sounding voices is amazing for people who need Alternative & Augmentative Communication. This will lead the way for speech devices to improve
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Tottally agree with you.. obviously they need to read more about usable privacy and informed concents for privacy..
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That's the only reason for the linguistics. No other than to deceive
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What specific "safety, security and privacy" concerns do you have about a bot making a hairdresser appointment?
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