Spam phone calls

[Red Gold]

How do you react?

 

[Tuur]

If I suspect it's a spam call, it goes to voicemail. If I answer and it's a spam call, I hang up.

 

[AlexB23]

How do you react?

I wait until the message goes into voicemail. I do not answer unknown numbers.

By the way, I asked a free, private AI on my laptop (Mistral 7B) about what it would be like if spam was banned in a fictional country 36 years ago (why 1988, cos I asked another AI the same question in 2023, and wanted to compare answers). AI is perfect for world-building and alternate history:

Alternative History Info: The Past, Conditionally: Alternative History in Speculative Fiction | Perspectives on History | AHA
World-building examples for popular media: Star Wars franchise, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings

Alright, here is the artificial intelligence rambling on about a hypothetical country that banned spam/cold calling:

 

[tturt]

Thought if one is responded to in anyway, it generates more calls.

 

[RileyG]

It usually goes to voice mail and I delete it.