Generative AI could soon decimate the call center industry, says CEO

https://lemmy.world/post/14771687

Generative AI could soon decimate the call center industry, says CEO - Lemmy.World

Call centres exist because people can’t get the help they need by searching. Take away call centres, and you’re just making it more difficult for customers.

Uhh they’ve all been outsourced to India for ages now, and they’re effectively useless. You’ll get someone who’s worse than an AI at understanding what you’re asking and cannot deviate from a scrip because they have no training.

I haven’t used one in over a decade, if I have an issue it’s going as an email or a comment on social media.

This has been my experience whenever I’ve phoned support.

We’re experiencing extremely high call volume."

Every hour of every day, because company won’t hire or pay for anything better.

Press 3 to have a representative call you back; You won’t lose your place in line.

Sure. Meanwhile, I get on their website and try their weird “chat” support popup, that somehow takes care of the problem hours before I ever get a call back.

This is why people hate phone support. And why I don’t trust and won’t buy products from companies who only have phone (or “social media” support). Give me a dedicated support email address, or something text-based (live chat, contact form) on website, thanks!

Weird. I’m only looking for phone support when there is no online support, or it doesn’t help, or can’t understand the problem, or there’s no keywords that put it in the right area, or for whatever reason is too “smart” so doesn’t work on iPhone. I don’t trust companies that don’t have call support, because they are more blatantly not supporting their products
Chat>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>phone