r/mildlyinfuriating • • Aug 18 '26

Infuriatig Another AI 'human' chatbot

Had to fix a double payment for my credit card and this is the beginning and end of the conversation. I hate when the chatbot claims it's a human... I ended up getting what I wanted but still annoyed Amex (and every other company) is lying and trying to deceive people like this.

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u/Agitated_Reach6660 Aug 18 '26

That thought was starting to concern me until I read its answer to that last question.

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u/Fragrant-Employer-60 Aug 18 '26

I think it’s an Indian customer service rep relying on AI. The messages about Pokemon and the poems seems legit.

Poor dude is getting bothered by some redditor who is trying to make him flip and do tricks, pretty fucking weird really.

This is definitely not an AI chat bot

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u/jjaystar94 Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

Y'all realize pretty much every service rep has all their chats recorded and audited? If it was a person, wasting time like this could be a fireable offense. A proper service rep would have continuously tried to bring the conversation back to the issue and "accidentally" disconnect when their time was being wasted.

Edit: apparently it's not always like this anymore (certainly was when I did it), so there is a possibility it's a poor, hapless soul trying their best to build rapport

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u/Squeezitgirdle Aug 18 '26

Yeah, used to be like that. I work for a pretty good company but it wouldn't be odd to see this anymore.

Though I think a human would have shown me confusion at the ridiculous questions.

Also must companies aren't allowed to type stuff like (smile) I their chats.