Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago“Just give me the f***ing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviewsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1562arrow-down110cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziparstechnica_index@rss.ponder.cattechtakes@awful.systems
arrow-up1552arrow-down1external-link“Just give me the f***ing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviewsarstechnica.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square79fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziparstechnica_index@rss.ponder.cattechtakes@awful.systems
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up76·3 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-up5·2 days 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-up11·3 days agoMost of the systems where this worked did it for any unrecognized words.
minus-squareXanthobilly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 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.