Blogger says Ocado's customer service reply to a bug report looked AI-written
Overview
A blogger says Ocado's customer service answered a calendar-file bug report with a message that looked AI-generated, citing an opener that flattered the reader, em-dashes and generic phrasing.
The blogger rated the follow-up survey poorly and complained about the reply. A later message apologised and said a real person had written the original response, according to the blogger's account. The blogger argues that AI replies to customers are disrespectful and that customers should insist on human responses.
The report relies on the blogger's own judgement of the text's style; no evidence about how the reply was written is given beyond the follow-up apology.
Written by AI from the articles below · updated Nov 3, 12:28 PM ET
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AIA blogger says Ocado's customer service replied to a calendar-file bug report with what looked like an AI-generated message, citing a sycophantic opener, em-dashes and generic phrasing. After the blogger rated the survey poorly and complained about the AI reply, a follow-up message apologised and said a real person had written it. The blogger argues that replying to customers with AI is disrespectful and that customers should insist on human responses.
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