So I've been getting robo-phone calls from (253) 246-8553, asking me if I wanted to be a test house for a home security system.
Now, I know it's not a real AI, just a fairly sophisticated recorded message of some kind, but it's creepy good. When I first suspected I was talking to a machine, I interrupted it and asked "Is this a recording?"
It replied, "Do I sound like a recording?"
I said, "Yes, because it seems as if you're not listening to my answers to your questions."
"Ha, ha, ha! Sorry about that!"
...and it continued with its sales pitch until I hung up on it.
But it's called me back several times. I wondered, though...does anyone listen to the responses is getting to improve it? So instead of hanging up on it, I've been responding to it's queries with non-sequiturs.
When asked if I wanted to be a test home this time, I said "I have cats."
It responded with something like, "Well, that's nice, but have you considered having additional layers of security?"
I responded with another cat-related non-sequitur, and completely fried it!
It responded "Ha, ha, ha, weh-weh-weh...*blip* Ha, ha, ha, weh-weh-weh...*blip* Ha, ha, ha, weh-weh-weh...*blip*" dialtone
I may have killed it.
If it calls back, I'm going to try some other non-sequiturs...possibly some other languages.
Now, I know it's not a real AI, just a fairly sophisticated recorded message of some kind, but it's creepy good. When I first suspected I was talking to a machine, I interrupted it and asked "Is this a recording?"
It replied, "Do I sound like a recording?"
I said, "Yes, because it seems as if you're not listening to my answers to your questions."
"Ha, ha, ha! Sorry about that!"
...and it continued with its sales pitch until I hung up on it.
But it's called me back several times. I wondered, though...does anyone listen to the responses is getting to improve it? So instead of hanging up on it, I've been responding to it's queries with non-sequiturs.
When asked if I wanted to be a test home this time, I said "I have cats."
It responded with something like, "Well, that's nice, but have you considered having additional layers of security?"
I responded with another cat-related non-sequitur, and completely fried it!
It responded "Ha, ha, ha, weh-weh-weh...*blip* Ha, ha, ha, weh-weh-weh...*blip* Ha, ha, ha, weh-weh-weh...*blip*" dialtone
I may have killed it.
If it calls back, I'm going to try some other non-sequiturs...possibly some other languages.