[murftown]

Yeah, the phone lines getting that polluted is not a pleasant prospect.

This conversation reminds me of "Lenny", a simple bot someone created to talk pointlessly in circles with telemarketers for hours until they hang up in frustration.

https://www.reddit.com/r/itslenny/

[blisterpeanuts]

Yes, I was thinking the same thing. This Duplex system would be like a super-Lenny. Eventually telemarketers will probably figure out, though, that if they reach someone who is calm and friendly and very receptive to their pitch, yet never quite gets to yes, it's probably an AI.

By the same token, telemarketing companies could employ Duplex to call people. I guess if a Duplex telemarketer reached a Duplex telemarketer-baiter, the conversation could stretch on for a really long time and might make for amusing fodder on Youtube.

It's a strange new world!