I think it's more of a speed run really. I'm waiting for Santa to start suggesting that the kid could have more presents if it weren't for those pesky siblings type of nonsense
It's already happening! I went to https://vapi.ai/vapicon and the stuff that people are already building is bonkers.
It would be naive to think that this technology would only be used for good. I have been working on Pion WebRTC for years though and have see lots of stuff getting built that didn't feel great. Not sure what I can do though.
> Are 1-900 numbers still a thing? Are all those people going to lose their jobs?
IIRC, the 900 “area code” is still reserved for that kind of calling in the North American Numbering Plan, but all of the US carriers have withdrawn from doing pass-on billing for 900 calls (in part, IIRC, because the government prohibited them from disconnecting service for nonpayment of those charges), so I don’t think they’ve been a significant business for a while, and most of that kind of business has moved to various online platforms.
Use your imagination a little; I'm sure you can come up with several variants that are an even viler and more exploitative/manipulative idea than the product as it stands.
Let your kid call a crude simulacrum of dead relatives, let religious folks call a crude simulacrum of $DEITY, make an "adult" version that crudely simulates a phone-sex hotline (charge extra to recharge the minutes on that one obviously), etc, etc.
> make an "adult" version that crudely simulates a phone-sex hotline
This is a quaint almost vintage version of the technology that already exists. Why stop at just audio when you can right now have a "video call" with your AI sexbot? If you were worried porn was going to lose it's top spot for pushing technology forward—and backward and forward and backward—to it's eventual climax then worry no more!
I swear to god, people need to stop trying to go for 100% completion in turning every Black Mirror episode into reality.
I think it's more of a speed run really. I'm waiting for Santa to start suggesting that the kid could have more presents if it weren't for those pesky siblings type of nonsense
It's already happening! I went to https://vapi.ai/vapicon and the stuff that people are already building is bonkers.
It would be naive to think that this technology would only be used for good. I have been working on Pion WebRTC for years though and have see lots of stuff getting built that didn't feel great. Not sure what I can do though.
Care to share some examples? I'm curious...
Vapicon or Pion examples?
Yes.
Are 1-900 numbers still a thing? Are all those people going to lose their jobs?
And the really scary question: Am I to be sad if they do?
> Are 1-900 numbers still a thing? Are all those people going to lose their jobs?
IIRC, the 900 “area code” is still reserved for that kind of calling in the North American Numbering Plan, but all of the US carriers have withdrawn from doing pass-on billing for 900 calls (in part, IIRC, because the government prohibited them from disconnecting service for nonpayment of those charges), so I don’t think they’ve been a significant business for a while, and most of that kind of business has moved to various online platforms.
I might be stupid but what are you referring to?
Use your imagination a little; I'm sure you can come up with several variants that are an even viler and more exploitative/manipulative idea than the product as it stands.
Let your kid call a crude simulacrum of dead relatives, let religious folks call a crude simulacrum of $DEITY, make an "adult" version that crudely simulates a phone-sex hotline (charge extra to recharge the minutes on that one obviously), etc, etc.
> make an "adult" version that crudely simulates a phone-sex hotline
This is a quaint almost vintage version of the technology that already exists. Why stop at just audio when you can right now have a "video call" with your AI sexbot? If you were worried porn was going to lose it's top spot for pushing technology forward—and backward and forward and backward—to it's eventual climax then worry no more!
AI powered grandma scammers which can exactly mimic their grandsons voice asking for money.
Already complete.