[FuriouslyAdrift]

I've gone back to just calling people on the phone like a true savage.

[ToucanLoucan]

Weirdly, and MAYBE tangentially related to AI, me too.

I've been driving my friends nuts cuz we're all neurodivergent little goblin people and now I just call them. And they aren't actually mad they're just like "what's wrong with you" and it's just like, look, sometimes I just need a fuckin answer to a fuckin question, and faster is better. And phone calls are instant.

I think they're coming around now cuz two of em do it to me.

[YeGoblynQueenne]

Aw. A little goblin network.

[tracker1]

I never stopped.

[sofixa]

Unfortunately that's not enough, voice AI is very good nowadays,

[cevn]

If someone puts me on with a voice AI i'm never talking to them again lol.

[abalashov]

I put spam robocallers / scammers on the phone with voice AI all the time, after navigating their IVR and intentionally requesting to speak to a human scam-agent. This in no way deters them calling.

[solumunus]

The fact that you answered and engaged means you’re more likely to get called again.

[abalashov]

I think you're right about that.

[soco]

...which might be exactly what they wanted in the first place.

[rolph]

if you receive an AI call, grab a pen and click it just before every word, be sure to delay cadence between words, to give the impression a mouse is being moved toward the next word to "click" on.