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Re:Ask HN: Seriously, steelman this please. 7,400 employees ... by lupire on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @05:00PM (#33013198)
Customer support is largely useless today and can be replaced by machine. It only exists because average (dumb) people tolerate a human customer service rep saying "I'm sorry but you're screwed" better than a web page saying it.

Salespeople says BS to sign you up, only vaguely coherent, backed by some basic database facts about the product/price, so GPT can handle that. Think about Donald Trump: Huge fan base of paying customers, barely distinguishable from a chatbot.

Re:Ask HN: Seriously, steelman this please. 7,400 employees ... by YakBizzarro on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @05:13PM (#33013340)
Clearly you have never done or received customer support in a b2b environment. It can be as valuable or even more than the product itself.