AI & THE WORKFORCE
• Answer test questions ( sometimes better than the average human test-taker )
• Emulate a Linux operating system
• Play games e . g ., tic-tac-toe
• Simulate an ATM
• Offer more nuanced answers ; it doesn ’ t trust every query it gets , e . g ., when offered an untrue premise about Christopher Columbus arriving in the U . S . in 2015 , it acknowledged the “ lie ” and framed the answer as what might have happened if CC arrived in that year
Unlike its predecessor , ChatGPT can remember things previously said in a conversation and tries to reduce harmful / deceitful responses . Queries get filtered through its parent company ’ s technology to eliminate racial and sexist prompts .
DOING MORE WITH LESS HUMANITY
The impact of automation cannot be denied . There is no arguing that machines and AI are faster , cheaper , and more efficient . And they make fewer mistakes than humans . When a bank started using chatbots to handle more than 1.5 million claim requests each year , it found that the work of 85 bots was equal to the output of 200 full-time human employees … at only 30 percent of the cost .
THE GREAT RE-SHUFFLE
The Great Re-shuffle refers to employees who not only quit their companies but totally left the industry they were working in . The ones hit the hardest by the Great Re-shuffle are the ones that require employees to physically come to work , e . g ., retail , hospitality , manufacturing , salons , fitness clubs , and health care . Working from home is not an option for most of these industries , and employee burnout rates are high .
As a result , organizations impacted most by the Great Re-shuffle will have to get creative in providing a great customer experience with less labor . For instance , the future of fast-casual restaurants will be less dependent on servers working a set of tables , and more on self-service kiosks / iPads on the table and / or an app customers can use to place their orders , then either pick it up themselves or have dining room runners bring it out to them . Businesses will also need to offer superior digital employee experiences ( DEX ), defined by behavioral science firm BetterUp as “ encompassing every aspect of an employee ’ s interaction with technology ”. Technology might be linking workplace experiences more and more , but it will still need to provide humans with ease , clarity , and reliability .
THE RISE OF VIRTUAL RECEPTIONISTS
A growing trend in salon / spas and doctor offices are virtual receptionists . Like a traditional receptionist , instead of being a full-time employee working onsite , they work remotely . Virtual receptionists can be responsible for handling all the duties of a receptionist . They can answer incoming calls , take messages , transfer calls , make outgoing calls , schedule appointments , and so much more . And they do it all from a remote location . A virtual receptionist can check in customers or patients and answer any questions through a video screen that is stationed in the reception area . They can even direct a customer or patient to a thoughtfully provided — albeit self-service — coffee station .
Everything is provided … except , perhaps , the warmth of human interaction . +
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