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davidkl | 10 months ago

That person apparently didn't talk to copy writers, photographers, content creators and authors.

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sct202|10 months ago

Or customer service. My last few online store issues have been fully chatbot when they used to be half chatbot for intake and half person.

thehoff|10 months ago

Same, after a little back and forth it became obvious I was not talking to a real person.

sph|10 months ago

I have survived until today using the shibboleth "let me speak to a human" [1] The day this doesn't work any more, is the day I stop paying for that service. We should make a list of companies that still have actual customer service.

1: https://xkcd.com/806/ - from an era when the worst that could happen was having to speak with incompetent, but still human, tech support.

rspoerri|10 months ago

> Many of these occupations have been described as being vulnerable to AI: accountants, customer support specialists, financial advisors, HR professionals, IT support specialists, journalists, legal professionals, marketing professionals, office clerks, software developers, and teachers.