The first time I heard it was a VCR repairman turning a screw for $100.

The story goes:

The huge printing presses of a major Chicago newspaper began malfunctioning on the Saturday before Christmas, putting all the revenue for advertising that was to appear in the Sunday paper in jeopardy. None of the technicians could track down the problem. Finally, a frantic call was made to the retired printer who had worked with these presses for over 40 years. “We’ll pay anything; just come in and fix them,” he was told.

When he arrived, he walked around for a few minutes, surveying the presses; then he approached one of the control panels and opened it. He removed a dime from his pocket, turned a screw 1/4 of a turn, and said, “The presses will now work correctly.” After being profusely thanked, he was told to submit a bill for his work.

The bill arrived a few days later, for $10,000.00! Not wanting to pay such a huge amount for so little work, the printer was told to please itemize his charges, with the hope that he would reduce the amount once he had to identify his services. The revised bill arrived: $1.00 for turning the screw; $9,999.00 for knowing which screw to turn.

Narrator: the Nazis were the friends we made along the way. They were just hiding.

It went over my head. Sorry. Everything is not the onion these days.

So did I completely misread your comment? LOL

Listen to yourself. Have a large team of trained staff on call. How much do you think that costs? No go on guess. Do some calculations. The people do not exist to fill the seats. The money does not exist to pay the non-existent people. This is an attempt to make an already shitty situation better.

I work in this industry and I read the article. I understand what they are doing. I hate AI but this seems reasonable.

How many operators to handle say 100 calls in 5 minutes? Now imagine the cost to staff a small 911 center to ensure your can handle those calls 24/7. The money doesn’t exist.

Butts in seats don’t exist right now either. As long as the fancy ivr allows the caller to reach a human with minimal effort, this seems like a scary sounding but neat assistant to a problem without a real solution.

Lol just because this the first you’ve heard of it doesn’t mean it didn’t exist as a problem prior. Bullets leaving the range is a massive issue whether there’s a school or an empty field.

More info for you showing it may not be so simple

https://www.iaedjournal.org/combating-the-911-staffing-crisis

https://www.911.gov/newsletters/issue-14/survey-more-than-half-of-911-centers-face-staffing-crisis/

https://www.reddit.com/r/911dispatchers/comments/1iqdzn0/emergency_staffing_crisis/

https://www.nena.org/news/669810/Survey-Reveals-Urgent-Challenges-in-9-1-1-Centers-Amid-Staffing-Shortages--Technological-Gaps.htm

And on and on and on.

The more I think about this idea of AI use by New Orleans the more sense it makes. As long as it’s a human asking the emergency protocol questions and dispatching first responders, falling back to tech for filtering overwhelming call volume during large incidents is a good idea.

I’m probably going to get downdoots, but I don’t care.

I feel like a lot of the responses here are from people who didn’t read the article.

This is a triage that allows the caller to bypass the ai with a simple no answer.

This is one use of this technology that can actually improve response times, and likely* isn’t being used to cut staff.

See my other comments if you care to know more.

This is from the article

This is intended to handle the increase of calls that are related to one incident, so callers get automatically routed to an AI agent who asks if they are calling regarding the incident. If the answer is yes, then callers can receive information or updates, and if it’s no, then the callers are transferred to a human.

Also, human resources cost money and 911 centers already struggle financially. People don’t want more taxes, and that’s how more staff and equipment is funded

On top of that, there’s a nationwide 911 staffing crisis.

It’s not an easy solution, and ai is a tool that can help.

I hear you, but imagine the alternative where it takes many tries dialing 911 to reach a human or you never do because the system is overloaded

Trust me when I tell you that is exactly what is happening today. If you can dial 911 you can press 1, hopefully.

There is though. High profile events cause high volumes of 911 calls. If AI can be used correctly, perhaps even with Geo data, callers likely calling about the same event 400 others are calling about at the same time can get an informational “we know, thank you. But press 1 to talk to a human if still needed”. This allows the humans to help Grandpa having a heart attack across town instead of speed answering dozens of calls about the same fender Bender on the interstate during rush hour.

Just my opinion. Thanks for listening.

Get the $50 pills next time. Worth it.

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Pretty sure I had that exact water bed frame

Or fix the real problems: availability of guns, and lack of appropriate mental health care.

Not letting yourself cum while you masturbate. For long times.

2 different companies cover the area I live in. I pay the annual fee for both. Just in case I have an accident while sitting at my computer that requires an air lift.

A loose seal