A first hand experience of DHL’s extremely helpful Virtual Assistant. (Please ignore my shoddy spelling and grammer. Ta.)

  • STUPIDVIPGUY@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Not going to ignore your shitty spelling and grammar, because that is precisely what confuses the AI

    Not saying the chatbot is great or something but you need to use straightforward terms and correct grammar. It can sometimes see through spelling mistakes, but at least use the right form of “they’re”. It’s not hard

    Also using british terms like “not in”… Not in what?

    Say “I won’t be home”.

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      5 months ago

      Okay, but at that point they should have just pull in a human, surely they can’t expect every single customer to proof read their messages. This is the first point of contact they have, someone who isn’t confident with technology that doesnt understand the quirks of AI would get stuck.

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        5 months ago

        Yeah I agree I hate this kind of obstructive customer service. Just making it clear that you have to write coherently and simply. Even a human who knows English as a 2nd language might struggle to understand exactly what you were asking for, especially since i dont know how understandable the censored part is