Google Duplex: All information about the new Google AI

Google's duplex AI project is chilling down the back of many a cold shower - and it's pretty exciting. In this article we will tell you why the emotions of Google Duplex are so overflowing.

Duplex - the Google assistant where the spirits divide

Artificial intelligence (AI) is discussed controversially and sometimes quite emotionally. This is no different with the digital assistant from Google.

• Duplex is an AI project that Google's developers have been working on for a long time and was now introduced during the I / O developer conference. We have summarized exactly what Artificial Intelligence is in a separate article.
• Basically, it was just a few phone calls that Sundar Pichai proudly presented, but they were tough. The telephone calls took place between the digital assistant duplex and a person.
• According to Google, these are real phone calls that Duplex made independently. None of the participants called supposedly knew that the conversation partner was assigned to the so-called artificial intelligence.
• Pichai presented phone calls in which the digital assistant easily made an appointment with the hairdresser or ordered a table in the restaurant. Duplex was able to adjust to the person he was talking to and react logically.
• The phone calls presented actually sounded like communication between two human participants.

Artificial intelligence - a topic that heats the mind

The fact that none of the called parties noticed that they are communicating with software is partly due to the very natural voice of Duplex.

• The developers at Google not only went out of their way to make duplex intonation sound as natural as possible. You have built in small supposed pauses for thought as well as small delay sounds such as "hmm" or "uh".
• Many critics blame Google for this pseudo-naturalness. They accuse the company of using intelligent software to open the door to fraud.
• The CEO of Google has meanwhile announced that Duplex will introduce itself properly in the future when the conversation begins. Google also promised to train Duplex to teach the kids manners again. The assistant should only respond to polite requests and praise children for good behavior such as the use of the words "please" and "thank you".
• Although a heated discussion has already started, the use of Google Duplex is likely to be a few years away. At the moment, the digital assistant is only trained on a few, very simple standard calls such as making reservations in the restaurant or asking for opening times.
• In addition, voices are now being heard that claim that Google cheated a bit. The critics note, among other things, that, strangely, no one has ever answered the phone with their company name or name. The typical background noises, as can usually be heard at the hairdresser or a restaurant, were probably not heard during the demonstration. Whether Google cut it out or maybe it was cheated a little - there are many different opinions on the Internet.

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