Summary
Deploying AI voice agents in contact centers allows firms to route low-intent leads to AI and high-intent leads to humans, changing task allocation. This shift enriches human workers' opportunities but also increases their reservation value, making them less willing to persist with leads.
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What happened
As AI voice agents get deployed in high-volume contact centers, firms can route low-intent leads to AI and allocate high-intent leads to human workers. Drawing on sequential search theory, we posit that AI-induced task allocation reshapes work, enriching opportunities facing human workers but also raising their...
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