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[–] paysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago

"Here's how he did it" -- he fired them. No idea what his business is, what questions they were spending 2hrs resolving, how the 3 remaining help desk employees share their $100/month. The tweet is bad but the whole article is a waste of electrons.

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"I'm terrified of the future where we will never speak to a human again in customer support which means we will never get a problem solved, you'll just be passed around between bots."

If AIs were completely incapable of doing this job then any company that tries handing it over to AIs would suffer badly from the choice.

[–] Martineski@lemmy.fmhy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Martineski@lemmy.fmhy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

And the article from not long before that: https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7ezkm/eating-disorder-helpline-fires-staff-transitions-to-chatbot-after-unionization ("Eating Disorder Helpline Fires Staff, Transitions to Chatbot After Unionization")

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Exactly. That company quickly reversed the decision. So why the "terror" at this future, if one thinks that AIs can't do this work?

[–] JasonHears@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Does this increase efficiency and reduce costs? Yes. Will a for-profit business ever choose not to increase efficiency and reduce costs when given a choice? No. Therefore, workers always get screwed against AI and new technologies.