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WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES — A new survey is sounding the alarm for businesses leaning heavily on automated customer service, with the overwhelming majority of consumers saying they would rather speak to a person than navigate an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot.
According to a SurveyMonkey study cited in a Forbes report, 79% of customers said they prefer interacting with a human over a chatbot.
The findings point to growing frustration with how companies have deployed automation in front-line service roles, raising fresh questions about whether the cost savings are worth the customer fallout.
The same survey found that 56% of respondents had a negative experience the last time they used AI for help, while 84% said human representatives gave them more accurate information than chatbots. Nearly 89% said they want the option to reach a human agent at any time.
The issue is less about the technology itself and more about how it is being rolled out. The Forbes report noted that “the major issue with current AI Chat Bots isn’t the tech. It’s deploying it out of context.”
Many companies, the report explained, simply load a chatbot with FAQ content and call it customer service, leaving consumers stuck in loops of canned responses before being passed to a human anyway.
By that point, the report noted, “frustration builds up fast,” and the human agent inherits an already irritated customer.
Forrester has projected that within the next two years, roughly one in ten businesses will damage their customer relationships through poorly executed AI.
The Forbes piece argues that smaller firms have a real opening to differentiate themselves by keeping people at the center of the customer experience. While large corporations can absorb a dip in satisfaction in exchange for steep automation savings, smaller operators handling a few dozen calls a week cannot.
Experts recommend using AI behind the scenes instead, for pre-call preparation, post-call documentation and triage. Citing Zendesk data, the report said pairing AI-assisted triage with human agents can cut average resolution time by 30%.
The findings carry significant weight for the global outsourcing sector, where contact centers have rapidly integrated AI tools across voice and chat channels.
As enterprise clients weigh customer loyalty against automation savings, BPO providers that position human agents as the differentiator, supported but not replaced by AI, may find themselves better placed to win contracts in an increasingly skeptical market.
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