Table of contents : Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Artificial Intelligence and Frontline Public Service (Stephen Jeffares)....Pages 1-18 Control, Cost, Convenience and Connection, Four Problems for AI and Public Service (Stephen Jeffares)....Pages 19-41 AI, Public Service and Research Methodology (Stephen Jeffares)....Pages 43-66 Position Closed: The Disappearance and Datafication of Face-to-Face Public Service (Stephen Jeffares)....Pages 67-96 Can I Speak to a Human? Automating Remote Contact in Frontline Public Service (Stephen Jeffares)....Pages 97-124 The Non-Public Encounter: Self-Service and the Ephemoralisation of Public Service (Stephen Jeffares)....Pages 125-150 The Management of Social Media in Frontline Public Service (Stephen Jeffares)....Pages 151-182 Robots and Virtual Agents in Frontline Public Service (Stephen Jeffares)....Pages 183-210 The Virtual Public Servant Fantasy (Stephen Jeffares)....Pages 211-230 The Virtual Public Servant: Three Futures. A Q-Study (Stephen Jeffares)....Pages 231-261 Back Matter ....Pages 263-274