The Day We Almost Let a Bot Lose Us a Loyal Customer

4 pointsposted 8 hours ago
by visha1v

4 Comments

visha1v

8 hours ago

The AI did at exactly what it was built to do, and that still wasn't enough.

carlosjobim

7 hours ago

The only reason for a customer to contact support is because they need a decision which can only be made by a human working for that company.

Therefore AI in customer support is always completely useless and a negative for customers and for the company.

If an action doesn't need a decision from somebody working at that company, then let your customers do it as easily as possible through an intuitive interface. Make sure that you don't lock actions behind a support wall unless needed.

A company putting AI into their support system is a company which is run by incompetence.

JoeAltmaier

an hour ago

My bank AI support says it solved my problem, fixed my account and so on. And then precisely nothing happens. It's maddening. I just go into the bank now, and talk to a VP. How does that improve the situation?

k310

7 hours ago

How many companies actually have a human in their response chain? (I can name an undeservedly giant company that doesn't)

Given that everyone has a bot front-end, how many can be bypassed by one or two secret words? Spoiler, the one I use is in this reply.

I just hate it.