[johnebgd]

I welcome the spam calls from our asterisk overlords.

[haroldp]

I was more thinking I could add it to my Asterisk server to honey-pot the spam callers into an infinite time waster cycle.

[Daviey]

"Hello, this is Lenny" - well known Asterisk configuration from 20 years ago.

[haroldp]

And, “They have been carried away by monkeys!”

[VladVladikoff]

I’m honestly surprised it hasn’t been more prevalent yet. I still get call centre type spam calls where you can hear all the background noise of the rest of the call centre.

[userbinator]

Is the background noise real, or is it also AI-generated to make you think that it's a human?

[tartoran]

The background noise is a recording for sure, no AI needed, just a background noise audiofile in a loop would do.

[VladVladikoff]

Why though? It adds nothing positive, it only makes me sure it is a scam call.

[the_af]

I assume it's to make it seem like an actual call center rather than a scam. I recently got two phone scam attempts (credit card related) that sounded exactly like this.

[ldenoue]

I built a voice AI stack and background noise can be really helpful to a restaurant AI for example. Italian background music or cafe background is part of the brand. It’s not meant to make the caller believe this is not a bot but only to make the AI call on brand.

[SoftTalker]

you actually answer unknown callers?