Tom Bruno
@tomgit123
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Do AI agents actually lower contact center AHT?AI agents often fail to reduce Average Handle Time, instead just shifting the workload to other queues or human agents.What happened: On June 12, 2024, contact center operators reported that deploying AI agents frequently leaves AHT unchanged, as tasks simply move elsewhere instead of disappearing. The unresolved transfer rates remain a stubborn black box, with agents spending saved seconds untangling AI-created messes. It turns out the robot didn't do the work, it just put it in a different inbox.Key numbers: 0% net AHT reduction reported in many centers1 workload destination shifted, not eliminated100% of transfers still require human resolutionWhy it matters: If AI simply reshuffles labor instead of reducing it, ROI calculations for enterprise AI deployments collapse quickly.Bottom line: Automating a task doesn't mean finishing it; sometimes you're just paying a robot to CC a human.
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