Topic: Customer Support

2 chapters across the catalog

Yippy
Episode 1754 1:27:51 - 1:29:47

1754: Yippy

Amazon Nova AI and Call Center Frustration

Amazon's new Nova AI for voice is demonstrated in a customer support scenario, highlighting the awkward pauses and robotic nature of AI-driven help desks. The technology is criticized for being less effective than human operators, with comparisons made to AT&T's similarly frustrating automated systems.

Systemic Rivals
Episode 1455 1:27 - 4:32

1455: Systemic Rivals

Comcast Xfinity, Customer Service Robots, Technical Outages

A frustrating experience with Comcast Xfinity customer service involved an automated robot system that insisted on resetting a modem despite a physical line issue. The interaction highlighted the difficulty of reaching human agents and the potential for AI systems to detect and react to customer anger during support calls.