Edit: Thanks for the feedback, we've decided we aren't too sad about the possibility of "losing" potential clients who treat scheduling a veterinary appointment as equivalent to checking the wait time at a restaurant, so we've opted out of receiving these calls.
Our practice is getting at least one of these creepy Google AI "assistant" calls every week on behalf of potential clients, asking when our next available appointment is and looking for cost estimates. We generally need more information than the AI knows in order to provide accurate scheduling and that obviously goes double for estimates.
We don't want to opt out if that means potential clients won't consider us at all, but we also don't love having to explain to clients why we can't meet appointment or cost expectations that are based on inaccurate/incomplete information provided by the AI. For now, we basically only give our next available longest appointment slot and the cost of an exam only, emphasizing that we do not hold appointments and that any additional services come with additional cost, and hoping the AI passes that along.
What do you all think about opting out? Are there other ways of dealing with this creepy AI that we're maybe missing?