From: Kilowatt@charter.net   
      
   Freakishly realistic telemarketing robots are denying they're robots   
      
   This is how it starts, people. First we get our chatbots to sound and   
   act realistic — and then we get them to convince everyone they're   
   actually human. Listen to this crazy conversation between Time's   
   Michael Scherer and a telemarketing robot who refuses to admit her   
   true artificial nature.   
      
   **An update to this story can be found here**   
      
   Recently, Time Washington Bureau Chief Michael Scherer received a   
   phone call from an apparently bright and engaging woman asking him if   
   he wanted a deal on his health insurance. But he soon got the feeling   
   something wasn't quite right.   
      
   After asking the telemarketer point blank if she was a real person or   
   a computer-operated robot, she chuckled charmingly and insisted she   
   was real. Looking to press the issue, Scherer asked her a series of   
   questions, which she promptly failed. Such as, "What vegetable is   
   found in tomato soup?" To which she responded by saying she didn't   
   understand the question. When asked what day of the week it was   
   yesterday, she complained of a bad connection (ah, the oldest trick in   
   the book).   
      
   Here, listen for yourself:   
      
   http://io9.com/freakishly-realistic-telemarketing-robots-are-den   
   ing-t-1481050295?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source   
   io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow   
      
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