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New Orleans will use AI to answer 911 calls instead of a human (www.shreveporttimes.com)
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[–] percent@infosec.pub -1 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

Do you honestly think that nobody has thought about that and solved that problem already? Even with all the engineers involved, and after all the real-world testing, you're the first to have considered that scenario?

Even consumer-grade products like ChatGPT can be interrupted while talking. We're talking about an AI implementation, not some rigid set of if...else statements.

[–] Piece_Maker@feddit.uk 0 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Why does it have to be AI? Why can't it be "press 1 for the highway car fire on 42, press 2 to be transferred to an operator"? Surely that's much less likely to fail?

[–] percent@infosec.pub -2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] Piece_Maker@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That doesn't answer my question at all?

[–] percent@infosec.pub 0 points 2 weeks ago

Ah, right, I suppose it's contextual. You would also have to read the comment that it's responding to. To summarize: it might not have to be AI.

However, 911 is a bit too dynamic for your solution to be viable as-is. For example, "Hey Siri/Google, I can't move my hands. Call 911."

Your idea is probably a decent starting point for brainstorming a solution — it just needs more thought, research, testing, etc. And I wouldn't be surprised if a similar product already exists. (I'd actually be surprised if it doesn't already exist.)

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