Phoning It In 0
The phone rang. The caller ID showed a number from a city on the other side of the country, a city where I know no one, a city I haven’t set foot in in four decades.
As I sometimes do, I picked up the phone and said nothing. (When I do that, the computer on the other end will often disconnect after 11 seconds.)
After a few seconds, a woman’s voice said, “Hello. I’m Polly, I’m an AI assistant . . . .”
That’s when I hung up.
So, a recording on a computer is now an “AI Assistant.”
Give me a break.
