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If AI chatbots are the future, I hate it

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Jeff Geerling shares his frustration with AT&T's AI-powered chatbot, which confounded WiFi with Internet issues. Despite being a savvy programmer, Jeff eventually resorted to asking for a human support rep after being stuck in a loop with the chatbot. An unhelpful human rep ignored Jeff's data and suggested switching WiFi channels to fix his significantly slow Internet speed, not realizing that WiFi was entirely disabled.

  • Internet speed dropped from ~1 Gbps to 100 Mbps.
  • Speed further tanked to about 8 Mbps.
  • Struggled with AI chatbot for 5 minutes.
  • Human rep ignored provided data.
  • Jeff pays for 1 Gbps symmetric.