Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago“Just give me the f***ing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviewsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1560arrow-down110
arrow-up1550arrow-down1external-link“Just give me the f***ing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviewsarstechnica.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up76·2 days agoThat used to be how you would get past voice response systems and get to an operator quickly as well: just say “fuck”, once, clearly.
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoThis is true and FedEx absolutely used it. Was going through their circular automated phone system saying “Agent” and such until I started cursing. Then, I was finally directed to a person. Not sure if it still works these days though…
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoMost of the systems where this worked did it for any unrecognized words.
minus-squareXanthobilly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoMashing 0 repeatedly works well.
That used to be how you would get past voice response systems and get to an operator quickly as well: just say “fuck”, once, clearly.
This is true and FedEx absolutely used it. Was going through their circular automated phone system saying “Agent” and such until I started cursing. Then, I was finally directed to a person. Not sure if it still works these days though…
Most of the systems where this worked did it for any unrecognized words.
Mashing 0 repeatedly works well.