Both useful and creepy — Google Assistant Duplex talks and interacts like a real person

Imagine if you worked at a hair salon or a restaurant and got a call from a very friendly person seeking a reservation. You’d ask all the usual questions and book a table or appointment and perhaps exchange pleasantries before you hang up. But what if the person who called wasn’t really a person? It could be the new Google Assistant Duplex feature that was announced at the Google I/O developers conference on Tuesday.

As this video from CNET shows, the interaction can be quite nature and lifelike. You can read more about it on CNET