Published on 12, July, 2020
I just had a call just now from an 'Energy Advisor' telling me my old fibreglass loft insulation is causing damp and mould and will need to be replaced and I needed an energy survey... - blah, blah. so I thought, ok, I'm in the mood - let's dance.... It sounded like a real person on the line - so I was getting comfy for the long haul - until I asked some random (confusing) questions and it reset to a different point in it's presentation and exactly repeated a couple of its previous lines - it was a semi-intelligent AI system based on snippet recordings done by a real person which it then assembled into plausible sounding conversation - so it is an 'automated con-man'. Once it decided I wasn't good prey, it cut off. Shame - I would love to have tested the limits of its programming for much longer. I'm impressed! Turing test 2/10 - fail. The number that comes up is 0113 509 7141I wonder how many people get signed up for a new insulation scam....?
I always get those calls, I used to just hang up the phone, But I like to mess with them, They waste my time now I will wast there time, I had one where I was entitled to compensation after a car crash I was in, So first off I don't drive and never will drive, Also if I was in a crash I would have had it done and dealt with. So I was like, "omg yes that car crash that was last month, I lost my arm, I am interested in compensation", The woman on the other end of the line was confused and thought she had me and she went away, and the line was silent for about 5 minutes, She was probably telling her boss that we have someone, But I just hung up the phone, So they got happy for no reason,