MWITA-CCO-2026-004 · Evidence A · P1
Disclosing possible human involvement behind a hybrid service chatbot made customer messages more human-oriented and increased employee workload.
What this does not establish
The bot used intent matching and predefined responses in a 2019 data collection; workload effects do not prove worse customer resolution or revenue.
Counterevidence & uncertainty
Transparency improved human-oriented communication while creating hidden operating cost for the humans behind the interface.
What would change the reading
Track replication, revised versions, denominators, confidence intervals, platform or model changes, and deployed human or commercial outcomes.
Primary routes
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