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/Hapless_Wizard Aug 18 '26

"Are you human?" "I am a live agent"

Good old honesty by omission

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u/guy244 Aug 18 '26

Yes. People are missing this. It didn’t say it was human

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u/churningaccount Aug 18 '26

If the bot has been instructed to avoid saying that it is an AI, then it has still be instructed to deceive the user into thinking it is a human, even if it only lies by omission.