Have an AI agent phone businesses on your behalf
We’re in a weird intermediate state where my AI agent, pretending to be human, calls a business and their AI agent, also pretending to be human, answers. Task: Suggested implementation: An AI agent initiates a phone call to a business, interacting with the business's own AI agent. The workflow involves two AI systems conversing, potentially leading to an 'uncanny valley' interaction. Human involvement is not specified in the source, so a human approval step is proposed before any final action.; tools: custom-built or unnamed agent. Human role: The original post does not say how a person stayed involved.; limitations: The source does not state specific limitations, but the described interaction is noted as inefficient. Prerequisites include custom-built or unnamed AI agents capable of voice synthesis and recognition. Integration uncertainty exists regarding how these agents handle complex or non-standard business responses. Human approval is required for any booking or change..
Tools
custom-built or unnamed agent
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Overview
We’re in a weird intermediate state where my AI agent, pretending to be human, calls a business and their AI agent, also pretending to be human, answers.
Workflow
Suggested implementation: An AI agent initiates a phone call to a business, interacting with the business's own AI agent. The workflow involves two AI systems conversing, potentially leading to an 'uncanny valley' interaction. Human involvement is not specified in the source, so a human approval step is proposed before any final action.
Reported result
No measured results are available from the source. The author describes the current state as inefficient and predicts a future shift to direct API calls. A measurable acceptance check would be to compare the time and cost of this AI-to-AI voice interaction against a direct API integration or manual human call.
Human role
The original post does not say how a person stayed involved.
Limitations
The source does not state specific limitations, but the described interaction is noted as inefficient. Prerequisites include custom-built or unnamed AI agents capable of voice synthesis and recognition. Integration uncertainty exists regarding how these agents handle complex or non-standard business responses. Human approval is required for any booking or change.
Try it
I want to test an AI-to-AI voice interaction workflow. Please set up a custom AI agent to call a business that uses an AI answering service. [Replaceable inputs: Business name, phone number, specific inquiry]. The agent should simulate a human caller. Before any booking, payment, or significant change is made, pause and present the proposed action to me for approval. First, perform a dry run with a sample query and show me the transcript and outcome. Do not proceed with real actions until I confirm the sample is acceptable. If the business's AI cannot be reached or the interaction fails, report the error and suggest a fallback to a human call.
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