RE: Bots, Autodialers and Our Gradual De-Humanization

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Bots, Autodialers and Our Gradual De-Humanization

in automation •  6 years ago 

I have made the joke (half seriously) that I will vote for any politician who promises to end robo-calls, regardless of their other policy positions or party affiliation.

Not 10 minutes ago a Sarasota number called telling me I had won a trip. At least it was a live human on the other end though. At least I think it was, since there were voices in the background and she said my name. Definitely reading off a script though. I just hung up.

Maddening!

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They are getting very clever with their recorded calls... sometimes they will be voice activated and say "Hello, Bob?" and then almost immediately say "hang on a sec, I need to keep this from falling over" and you give them a moment, thinking it's "real," and then the sales pitch recorded script continues... really annoying.