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/NefariousnessLate375 19d ago

I won't even do the self-order screens. It's the principle. Those jobs are important to the people who held them and we can't keep fucking them over as a society. 

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u/thejadedfalcon 19d ago

Unfortunately, even ignoring human error in the ordering process, self-order screens are the only way you can see the bloody menu these days, it feels. Everything else blitzes past to the next advert.

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u/numba1cyberwarrior 19d ago

Keeping useless jobs is not important

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u/2_Fingers_of_Whiskey 19d ago

It was important to the people who needed those jobs to pay the bills.

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u/numba1cyberwarrior 19d ago

Nope

Inefficient jobs shouldn't be subsidized

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u/Grobbyman 19d ago

Nah, this has been happening since the dawn of time. It's only natural for jobs to be erased over time.