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Written by Jim Salter on 2025-01-20 at 15:43

Imagine the havoc, should you accept this offer for an "AI sales representative" to "automatically develop leads" for your business. The BEST outcome is likely if it turns out to be a pure grift without even an attempt to generate leads at all.

Received in my inbox this morning.

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Written by Mark Pitblado on 2025-01-20 at 15:51

@jimsalter so weird to think about "hiring" an AI as if it were a person for a position. I wouldn't be surprised if we started to see names for their products soon. "We saw your ad for an executive assistant, could we convince you to go with Sally, our AI?"

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Written by Jim Salter on 2025-01-20 at 16:18

@markpitblado I'd be astonished if that approach hasn't already been tried any number of times, tbh. They all get cutesy names, usually anthropomorphic. Siri, Alexa, Cortana, Bixby...

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Written by furicle on 2025-01-20 at 16:01

@jimsalter you should ask him if it's so good, why they contacted you?

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Written by Jim Salter on 2025-01-20 at 16:19

@furicle the better question is if it IS what contacted me in the first place. (Which I doubt, but wouldn't entirely rule out either.)

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