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Call Centers Replaced Many Doctors’ Receptionists. Now, AI Is Coming for Call Centers. (kffhealthnews.org)
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At one call center in the Philippines, workers help Americans with diabetes or neurological conditions troubleshoot devices that monitor their health. Sometimes they get pressing calls: elderly patients who are alone and experiencing a medical emergency.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 16 hours ago

Oh yeah the hanging up on you is really common. I would literally prefer a phone tree than having to talk to an AI because if what I wanted was something that would be simply explained to an AI, I would have done it myself on the website. The reason I'm calling is because I need someone with an actual brain, and in an understanding of the business, to use their brain to assist me with my somewhat complicated situation.

One time I got a credit card sent to my address that was for someone else. The letter was somehow addressed to me, but the credit card wasn't for me and I hadn't requested a credit card from this company. So I called the support line up and the stupid AI kept asking me for my customer ID. I told it I didn't have a customer ID because I wasn't a customer, and it said "thank you" and hung up on me. Fantastic.

In the end I had to call them out on Twitter in order to get in contact with a human.