Repeat customer service processes should be deterministic, not probabilistic
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Roy Moussa, founder of GetVocal, explains why customer service automation architecture should turn repeated interaction patterns into deterministic workflows rather than re-prompting LLMs.
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“Whenever a pattern is detected, a process that is defined, it's being repeated. We're servicing that case every time in the same way. Why keep it probabilistic and call upon a model every time? It has become deterministic.”
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