AI-Powered Customer Service: The Secret to Success in the Digital Age
Reddy Mallidi
Chief AI Officer & COO | Creating Business Value with AI | Top 1% Results | Board Member
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Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how businesses operate, and customer service is no exception. AI can automate tasks, provide personalized service, and improve customer satisfaction.
Generative AI
Generative AI is a type of AI that can create new text, images, and other content. This can be used to improve customer service in a number of ways. ?
One of our clients, a big-name bank, uses a chatbot powered by Generative AI. The bot can provide account information and transaction history and also initiate transactions for the customers. The chatbot has reduced the response time and has increased engagement with customers.
Generative AI is also being used to create personalized product recommendations, marketing messages, and much more. A customer who has previously purchased a product may have a different set of questions than a first-time customer. By analyzing customer data such as their purchase history, browsing behavior, and demographics, businesses can create targeted recommendations, personalize responses and promotions – and improve overall customer experience.
Transparent AI
Transparent AI is a type of AI that explains the reasons behind a recommendation.
Transparent AI can be used to:
For example, one of our financial services clients uses Transparent AI to analyze customer feedback and provide insights to its customer service specialist. The AI system provides real-time suggestions to specialists on how to handle customer complaints and improve the customer experience. By using this technology, our client reduced the average handling time and improved customer satisfaction.
Transparent AI can also be used to create interactive dashboards and reports that can be used to track KPIs related to customer service and experience. These dashboards can provide real-time insights into customer behavior and can be used to identify areas for improvement.
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Where AI Won't Work
Be Careful with AI though. Generative AI hallucinates! GPT/Bard completely made-up stuff on some of my queries – like saying I attended colleges that I didn’t or creating bogus video summaries.
While AI can be a powerful tool for improving customer service, it is not a silver bullet. There are some situations where AI is not the best solution. For example, AI is not good at:
In these situations, it is important to have human customer service agents available to help customers.
The Best Use of AI is to Augment Humans
The best use of AI is to augment humans, not replace them. AI can be used to automate tasks and provide personalized service, freeing up human customer service agents to focus on more complex issues. This can lead to a better customer experience overall.
Conclusion
AI has the potential to revolutionize customer service. By automating tasks, providing personalized service, and improving customer satisfaction, AI can help businesses to deliver a better customer experience. However, it is important to remember that AI is not a silver bullet. There are some situations where AI is not the best solution. In these situations, it is important to have human customer service agents available to help customers.
The best use of AI is to augment humans, not replace them. By working together, AI and humans can create a more efficient and effective customer service experience.
If you're interested in exploring the possibilities of AI for your business, please reach out to learn more. Let's work together to create a better customer experience for your customers.
Reddy Mallidi is a Partner in SevenTrain Ventures, a VC firm with 15+ successful exits. As the the COO of Lithium Technologies, he drives tech-driven business value creation for clients by leveraging a team of +7K and +20 business partnerships. He is also a board advisor to two AI companies.
Tech and Social Enterprise Founder | Speaker - UN, US Embassy, Davos | 12-year angel investor including Ring | Building AI app for startups | Fractional C-Level Exec | Regenerative Healing + Longevity | Columbia MBA
1 年Would love to hear more about what these specific applications are, Reddy, to incorporate into the NIMBLE Startup Program. Let us know if you are free week of July 24 and you can come speak to our cohort of innovators!
CXO/ Customer Experience Executive/ GM / CX Speaker and Thought leader / Advisory Board Member/ I transform companies into industry leaders through a differentiated customer experience
1 年Reddy Mallidi couldn’t agree more with the call out that AI is best used to augment in the service space. Ai can assist with the more tactical work so that augmented agents can then focus their efforts on the uniquely human capability (arguable as I observe how my dog licks my daughter’s face when she cries) of empathy. Would love to learn more about how to technically leverage the generative capabilities for a closed data set (knowledge base or otherwise)!
Senior Vice President at Metropolitan Partners Group | Executive Board Member | Forbes Council | DEIB Advocate
1 年Great article, Reddy!