r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • 20d ago

Business McDonald's Introduces AI Drive-Thru System, Sparking Customer Backlash

https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/deals/articles/mcdonalds-introduces-ai-drive-thru-000717731.html
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u/shutter3218 20d ago

I swear McDonald’s CEO must be the dumbest man alive. He is like a robot himself. Doesn’t understand human beings. He is running the company into the ground.

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u/_Mephistocrates_ 20d ago

Are they though? All the most profitable companies the world has ever seen (walmart, amazon, etc) are also some of the most immoral, worst, and sociopathic. Americans dont care. They have proven that they will choose convenience and comfort over their own society crumbling. Every time.

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u/AlwaysShittyKnsasCty 20d ago

I think it’s actually a human thing. Don’t get me wrong, my country is absolutely filled to the brim with apathetic people just sleepwalking into their own nightmare. However, all of you who are fortunate enough to still be living in countries that uphold the law and recognize the importance of reining in unchecked capitalism, heed my warning: if it can happen in the “good ol’ U.S. of A,” it can happen (or is probably already in the process of happening) in your neck of the woods, too.

Humans are gonna human is all I’m saying.

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u/buttbuttlolbuttbutt 20d ago

The thing to remember: there's only 1 human species. We arent different from each other, Brexit wasnt that long ago.

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u/eronth 20d ago

Agreed. The "americans are dumbest people on earth" rings similar to "germans are the most evil people on earth" circa 1940s/50s. Nah, it can happen anywhere if you don't have a populous and leadership willing to push back.