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McDonald’s will stop testing AI to take drive-thru orders, for now (www.theverge.com)

submitted 3 months ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] argoniantradwife@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I actually went to a mcdonalds that did this. It was overall way more slow and annoying. I would be willing to make that concession if knew that it was something to worked towards a better future for humans, but all its means is that someone is getting fired under capitalism. Also it failed to understand if I wanted sauce and just referred me to someone actually working.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago

I've heard a few instances in which "AI" is just a bunch people responding to a voice to text feed in the Philippines.

So much of this isn't really technology. It's just a new kind of service sector outsourcing.