Futurism just covered a new Consumer Patience Index poll from Parloa (a company that builds AI customer service agents), and one stat stuck with me. From the article:
"More than half of Americans admitted to actively trying to circumvent a chatbot, with 43.9 percent of those resorting to yelling 'human' or 'person' when trying to get off the line with an AI agent on the phone. Meanwhile, 17 percent went as far as to 'resort to profanity to break free.'"
It's a small, honest snapshot of where things stand right now. People aren't anti-technology, they just want to be heard and helped without a fight to get there.
It's part of why we've stuck with live people answering calls around the clock. Not as a stance against AI, just a way to make sure that when someone calls in, especially in an emergency, they get a real person on the first try.
Full article and survey breakdown here, worth a read 👇
https://lnkd.in/gx7xSYi9
(Source: Futurism, "Customers Are Ditching Companies That Force Them to Talk to an AI Agent," by Victor Tangermann)
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