AI chatbots make responsiveness at volume, and around the clock, realistic for social customer service. There are three types matched to need: rule-based bots with fixed flows for simple repetitive FAQs, NLP-powered bots that understand intent and handle messier queries, and hybrid bots that combine rule-based flows with AI for harder cases — usually the most practical choice. Bots earn their keep on instant FAQs, order and status lookups, lead qualification, booking, and gathering initial details before a human takes over. The part that decides whether customers leave satisfied is the human handoff: trigger it on explicit requests (“agent,” “human”), repeated bot failures, or spiking negative sentiment, and pass the full conversation transcript across so the customer never has to repeat themselves.
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