I help businesses use AI. Here’s why I’m taking the extinction warnings seriously.
Lisa McCarthy explores AI extinction warnings, the limits of kill switches, and lessons from Y2K and nuclear safety for keeping humans in control.
These articles explain practical customer-facing AI and automation in plain language. They cover useful tasks, approved knowledge, privacy, failure handling, testing and responsible handover without promising that automation removes every human responsibility.
Lisa McCarthy explores AI extinction warnings, the limits of kill switches, and lessons from Y2K and nuclear safety for keeping humans in control.
A grounded guide to suitable call tasks, important boundaries and the role of human handover.
Questions to ask about knowledge, handover, CRM capture, privacy and testing before selecting a chatbot.
A practical release check for knowledge, actions, tone, privacy, failure states and human handover.
These capabilities are configured around approved business knowledge, defined actions and human handover rather than treated as unattended replacements for judgement.
Voice AI setup for suitable inbound calls, context capture, booking support and agreed human handover.
Explore AI Receptionist →A branded website assistant that can answer approved questions, capture useful details and hand over appropriately.
Explore AI Chatbot →Automation for repeatable admin and follow-up steps, with responsibilities and exceptions kept visible.
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