Google Sees Robotic Restaurant Reservations in Our Future
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It's creepy, it's weird, and we might all be doing it this time next year.
Google announced a lot of shiny new ideas at its annual developers conference yesterday, but the standout restaurant-related announcement was for Google Duplex, a Google Assistant upgrade that can call up a restaurant, have a chat with the reservationist, and book a table for two whenever you like.
The demonstration was incredible: Duplex calls up a small restaurant, asks to make a reservation for four people, and when the reservationist says she can't take a reservation for less than five people, the software pivots and asks follow up questions. There's even 'uhms' and '
