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Matt Price

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The Neuron: AI Explained
Can AI Improve Customer Service Without Killing Jobs? Crescendo Thinks So

Now what happens is people are putting it front and center.

The Neuron: AI Explained
Can AI Improve Customer Service Without Killing Jobs? Crescendo Thinks So

Like, please ask us more questions.

The Neuron: AI Explained
Can AI Improve Customer Service Without Killing Jobs? Crescendo Thinks So

Yeah, we can help you.

The Neuron: AI Explained
Can AI Improve Customer Service Without Killing Jobs? Crescendo Thinks So

And once you start to see it as that engagement,

The Neuron: AI Explained
Can AI Improve Customer Service Without Killing Jobs? Crescendo Thinks So

A lot more of the engagement then is less about break-fix and it's more about how can you do more for me, please, as a business, which become revenue basis.

The Neuron: AI Explained
Can AI Improve Customer Service Without Killing Jobs? Crescendo Thinks So

So we're starting to see a number of our, we call them superhumans, the people involved shift from being automated break-fix role to being very specialist advisors or revenue advisors or retention helpers as well.

The Neuron: AI Explained
Can AI Improve Customer Service Without Killing Jobs? Crescendo Thinks So

So the shift in that dynamic is changing significantly.

The Neuron: AI Explained
Can AI Improve Customer Service Without Killing Jobs? Crescendo Thinks So

So yeah, lots of moving parts.

The Neuron: AI Explained
Can AI Improve Customer Service Without Killing Jobs? Crescendo Thinks So

But when somebody moves into being, you know, have an AI role, they get fully retrained.

The Neuron: AI Explained
Can AI Improve Customer Service Without Killing Jobs? Crescendo Thinks So

We make sure everybody is familiar with prompting and just really invest a lot in core AI skills so people feel comfortable with it.

The Neuron: AI Explained
Can AI Improve Customer Service Without Killing Jobs? Crescendo Thinks So

And the interesting thing there is that

The Neuron: AI Explained
Can AI Improve Customer Service Without Killing Jobs? Crescendo Thinks So

It gives them a viewpoint as to where they're special and what AI can't do.

The Neuron: AI Explained
Can AI Improve Customer Service Without Killing Jobs? Crescendo Thinks So

Totally.

The Neuron: AI Explained
Can AI Improve Customer Service Without Killing Jobs? Crescendo Thinks So

And it delivers confidence in their role in an AI future.

The Neuron: AI Explained
Can AI Improve Customer Service Without Killing Jobs? Crescendo Thinks So

There's another unique aspect in the world of customer care as well.

The Neuron: AI Explained
Can AI Improve Customer Service Without Killing Jobs? Crescendo Thinks So

A lot of the time, we just want our questions answered and we're happy if that's automated.

The Neuron: AI Explained
Can AI Improve Customer Service Without Killing Jobs? Crescendo Thinks So

If it's an AI, we were just as happy to do a Google search before and find the answers and walk through it, self-sufficient.

The Neuron: AI Explained
Can AI Improve Customer Service Without Killing Jobs? Crescendo Thinks So

But ultimately what

The Neuron: AI Explained
Can AI Improve Customer Service Without Killing Jobs? Crescendo Thinks So

What the connection is between a business and the people they serve is ultimately relationship-based.

The Neuron: AI Explained
Can AI Improve Customer Service Without Killing Jobs? Crescendo Thinks So

Ken Chenna, who was the chairman of American Express, the icon of customer service, used to say brands are a connection of two things.