"Smart" assistant Google will communicate as a person, but to be represented by a robot

Google is preparing a " smart " voice assistant with   AI system   Google Duplex. For the first time about   Duplex in   corporations told   conference I / O 8   May, after which   Google fell a lot of criticism.

How to " pump " the assistant

The developers assure that Duplex can not be distinguished from   rights. The voice assistant skillfully mimics human speech, while using for a better effect interjections like " ummm " and   « Aaah » .

AT   During the course of I / O, viewers were shown a Google Duplex conversation with   employee of the hairdresser, where the owner of the device wanted to register. AND   it looked so natural that in   The media began to criticize the neural network, calling it   horrifying and   unethical.

Reply from Google

AT   Google responded to   criticism, saying that while only testing Duplex. AT   companies promised that the voice assistant will not   will deceive you and   will always warn that with   you are talking robot.

" The function is developed with   built-in unmasking mechanism so that the user can always correctly identify the system. That we   shown on   I / O, is only an early demo version , and   we   from   We look forward to the valuable feedback that will necessarily be taken into account in product development "   - they say in   Google.

Test the system will begin this summer, and   when it becomes available to users   - not   is specified.

Source: The Verge