Terry Savage: Artificial intelligence can improve call center experience
- The speaker experienced a power outage and used PG&E's automated system to report it successfully from home.
- The outage prompted several calls to the utility's virtual assistant Peggy, who handled after-hours reports with limited options for callbacks.
- The speaker eventually received a callback from an agent named Bill after multiple attempts, but interactions with Peggy sometimes caused frustration.
- AI applications are expanding beyond utilities, as seen with Social Security planning AI call centers and eHealth using an AI agent named Alice to guide Medicare choices.
- These AI tools aim to improve efficiency and user experience in call centers, though users may initially resist interacting with virtual assistants.
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