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Raising the automation confidence threshold reduces autonomous errors but increases human agent workload and cost, while lowering it resolves more cases automatically but admits more costly mistakes involving money.
The author explains the core tradeoff embedded in the confidence threshold that governs whether a case is resolved automatically or escalated. ✦ AI generated
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Raise the threshold, and the system escalates more often, which guards against autonomous errors while increasing the load on human agents and the cost that comes with it. Lower the threshold, and the system resolves more cases on its own, which trims cost while admitting more mistakes in situations that involve money.
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