As marketers, we're always on the lookout for ways to do things more effectively. There's no doubt that...

As marketers, we're always on the lookout for ways to do things more effectively. There's no doubt that automation enables us to spend more time on things that really require human interaction, while letting the machines take care of the repetitive tasks.

But does cold-calling or customer service fall into that category?

Check out these two sound clips from ah honest-to-goodness robot doing it's best to sound human. And largely succeeding and failing at the same time. Uncanny valley, anyone?