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Escalation path

As explained in The Art of AI Product Development

An escalation pathway is a fallback process that transfers unresolved cases from an AI system to human personnel.

An escalation path transfers cases that an AI system cannot resolve to live agents, limiting workflow disruption when demand is high or the system fails. section 12.3.2

Customer-service chatbot failure

During peak demand, a chatbot may fail and increase the workload for live agents. Routing unresolved cases to those agents helps preserve service continuity and reduce customer frustration. section 12.3.2

Treat escalation as part of trustworthy AI communication: acknowledge failure risks while showing customers how fallback measures minimize disruption. section 12.3.2

How The Art of AI Product Development covers it

How deep it goes
Defines the fallback role and illustrates its operational value, without detailing implementation mechanics.
Examples
Uses a customer-service chatbot failing during peak demand as its concrete example.
What it assumes
Assumes familiarity with AI-driven customer-service workflows and unresolved cases.
What you can do after
Evaluate AI failure responses by checking whether unresolved cases reach live agents.
How it connects
Connects customer-service chatbots with live agents, AI failure communication, and operational disruption.

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