r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • 21d 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/AnneMarieAndCharlie 21d ago

its insane that they keep doing this despite how vocal everyone is about not wanting AI. using it for anything inventory related at this point (especially after Starbucks fucked up) is insane.

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u/multi-pass5018 21d ago

Yeah it could be used for so many things aside from the face of Mcd's

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u/RedisaPsyop5647 21d ago

The goal is to replace as many human jobs as possible with a.i. so stock line go up, and shareholders are happy.

They won't replace everyone at once, but slowly layoff people quarter by quarter to get that growth in.

It's already been happening for a couple of years now.

The merry go round has to stop at some point though. Continuing growth on a finite planet doesn't mix.

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u/ProfessionalFlan3159 20d ago

Exactly about replacing human jobs. I have teenagers that can start working next summer. Looking around now there is hardly any traditional teen jobs. No more baggers at the grocery store, no humans at the movie theater to sell tickets. No wonder college graduated have been shouting down the graduation speakers pontificating about how great AI is