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People are using Chatgpt as voice bots to torture telemarketers (www.wsj.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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AI software and voice cloners simulate distracted saps willing to stay on the phone forever—or until callers finally give up

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[–] Dreaded_Nova 12 points 1 year ago

In the distant future after humanity is long gone, the two last remaining servers on the planet will just be spam calling each other for millennia. Passing aliens will be perplexed by the increasingly elaborate sales pitches until someone foolish enough tries to make direct contact.