Hi all, I found this also which relates to my earlier post on RFID tagging...
Saudi Arabia implements electronic tracking system for women RIYADH — Denied the right to travel without consent from their male guardians and banned from driving, women in Saudi Arabia are now monitored by an electronic system that tracks any cross-border movements. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/22/saudi-arabia-implements-electronic-tracking-system-for-women/ wishing you all well. marc > Hi, > > Probably a bot, but I`ve had quite similar telephone conversations with > evidently human folks with more or less the same result reading from the > same Service Centre consultant derived script... But the existential > question of course, is to you does it make a difference and even more > interesting does it make a difference to who or what is at the other end and > if so what sort of a difference. > > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of marc > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 9:13 AM > To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > Subject: [NetBehaviour] Bot or Not Bot - What do you think? > > Bot or Not Bot - What do you think? > > OK - I have just copied this from Facebook - it's interesting in view of how > things are changing due to bots being placed where once we had conversations > with humans. > > Have a read and see if you can tell if it's a bot talking to Sue Thomas. > > ------------------------------- > > > So I ordered a vacuum cleaner from Amazon and got an email saying its ETA > was today. But when it hadn't arrived by mid-afternoon, I checked out the > Yodel delivery site to see whether there is a latest time for their > deliveries, since I need to go to the shop. This is the conversation I had > in the Yodel live help chatroom: > > Christy: 15:57:28 Hi Sue, my name is Christy from Yodel. How can I help? > > sue: 16:01:15 ah sorry > 16:01:35 i am waiting for a delivery which is currently at the regional srt > centre > 16:01:56 my questio is - when is the latest it might be delivered? i need to > go out. > 16:03:02 the reference is xxxx > > Christy: 16:05:57 I'm just checking the system for you now, one moment > please. > > sue: 16:06:15 thanks > > Christy: 16:10:15 Your item is estimated to be deliverd on the 20/11 > 16:10:37 You need to get intouch with the sender of this parcel ...Amazon > > sue: 16:10:42 that's yesterday! > > Christy: 16:11:06 Your item is not out for delivery today. > > sue: 16:11:09 but your website tells me it is In transit to local service > centre > > Christy: 16:11:25 Your delivery contract is with Amazon and they'll be able > to help you with the next steps. > > sue: 16:12:00 but ok, if not today that's fine, I can go out. Thanks! > But how can what you say be right when your website tells me you have it? > 16:14:52 are you still there? > > Christy: 16:15:23 You need to contact Amazon as soon as possible Sue. > > sue: 16:16:22 But I don't understand why, since it has been received at your > regional sort centre - please can you explain? > > Christy: 16:17:48 Sue you need to contact the sender please. > 16:17:54 Is there anything else I can help you with? > > sue: 16:19:15 Yes, has something happened to my parcel ? Do you have that > information? Is it not at Yodel's regional sort centre after all? > It says it arrived at 10.37 today and is in Prime sort, but I don't know > what that is > 16:19:42 Description Location Date Time In transit to local service centre > Prime sort 21st Nov 2012 10:37 > > Christy: 16:19:46 Contact the sender for all these information. > > sue: 16:19:58 But you are the carrier > > Christy: 16:20:25 Yes please. > 16:20:42 Do you still require assistance? > > sue: 16:20:47 okay, I'm going to paste this whole conversation on Facebook > because it makes no sense > 16:21:19 oh wait, are you a bot? > > Christy: 16:21:59 Is there anything else I can help you with? > > sue: 16:22:37 You are a bot! You passed the Turing Test! I honestly thought > you were human at the beginning. > > --- At this point I was waiting for the next offer of assistance, and was > going to tell her that sometimes I experience a deep existential loneliness > and could she help me with that. But after a minute or so, the chat room > disappeared. > > So what do you think - was that a bot? 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