Google: AI calling voice will identify itself to humans

In a bid to deliver transparency in technology and stay ahead of ethical pitfalls Google has said that its Artificial Intelligence AI calling system Duplex would now identify itself while making appointmentsFollowing the launch of the Duplex system which lets AI mimic a human voice to make appointments and book tables among other functions a widespread outcry over the ethical dilemmas were raised by tech criticsGoogle clarified to The Verge that the experimental system would have a disclosure builtin that means that whenever Duplex gets involved in some type of verbal communication with a human at the other end it would identify that the human is talking to an AIWe understand and value the discussion around Google Duplex as we have said from the beginning transparency in the technology is important a Google spokesperson was quoted as sayingWe are designing this feature with disclosure builtin and we will make sure the system is appropriately identified What we showed at IO was an early technology demo and we look forward to incorporating feedback as we develop this into a product the spokesperson addedGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai introduced Duplex earlier this week in the companys annual developers conference Google IO and demonstrated how the AI system could book an appointment at a salon and a table at a restaurantIn the demo the Google Assistant sounded like a human It used Google DeepMinds new WaveNet audiogeneration technique and other advances in Natural Language Processing NLP to replicate human speech patternsHowever tech critics raised questions on the morality of the technology saying it was developed without proper oversight or regulationAccording to tech critic Zeynep Tufekci the demo was horrifying and the initial positive audience reaction at IO was evidence that Silicon Valley is ethically lost rudderless and has not learned a thingGoogle had originally said in a blog post written by engineers Yaniv Leviathan and Yossi Matias that its important to us that users and businesses have a good experience with this service and transparency is a key part of thatCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news crime news current affairs and also a complete guide on Mumbai from food to things to do and events across the city here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever