customer service
3 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement May 16, 2025 by Sebastian Siemiatkowski · across every show →
Everything said about customer service, oldest first
May 16, 2025 positive
Dec 5, 2025 bullish
McDermott: AI can automate 80-100% of text support, but voice is unready
“If it's an easy landscape and we can cover the API estate with what we have, you could really get to 80 or a hundred percent depending on where you want to go. So as of today, it's all there. I think voice isn't quite there, and that's it.”
Dec 5, 2025 neutral
McDermott: Traditional customer support metrics are obsolete in an AI era
“Customer service is this human powered factory, right? The metrics are ones of throughput and effort. It's like tickets today, per day, time to first response. You know, all of these things where you're measuring productivity, average handle time. In an AI wor…”