AI Chatbot taking drive-thru orders...

[Missourian]

Yep... It's true. Wendy's, and I'm sure other fast food restaurants will follow, has begun a pilot program to replacing some of those $15 an hour workers with automated Google-trained Chatbots.

According to the article 80% of Wendy's traffic is now drive thru orders.

With automated interior kiosks and an automated drive thru, Wendy's has effectively eliminated at least one, and probably two employees per shift per store.

Wendy’s has a chatbot taking drive-thru orders

A Google-trained chatbot has begun taking orders at a Wendy’s drive-thru, and if a pilot test goes well, the AI could be rolled out widely.

www.freethink.com

 

[initforme]

It's called automation. Not a bad thing.

 

[norwegen]

Chatbots may get your order wrong, so no change there. But at least they know how to make change.

 

[TNHarley]

It's called automation. Not a bad thing.

This is inevitable but that doesnt mean its a good thing.

 

[initforme]

This is inevitable but that doesnt mean its a good thing.

Why not?

 

[Moonglow]

Chatbots may get your order wrong, so no change there. But at least they know how to make change.

Who uses paper money, you dinosaurs?

 

[Moonglow]

This is inevitable but that doesnt mean its a good thing.

They won't take yer job doing dishes.

 

[Hang on Sloopy]

It's called automation. Not a bad thing.

but a lot of people here will out of work

 

[initforme]

but a lot of people here will out of work

They'll just find something else. No big story here.

 

[norwegen]

Automation is great. Plenty of jobs for people to develop, manufacture, and sell it.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Yep... It's true. Wendy's, and I'm sure other fast food restaurants will follow, has begun a pilot program to replacing some of those $15 an hour workers with automated Google-trained Chatbots.

According to the article 80% of Wendy's traffic is now drive thru orders.

With automated interior kiosks and an automated drive thru, Wendy's has effectively eliminated at least one, and probably two employees per shift per store.

Wendy’s has a chatbot taking drive-thru orders

A Google-trained chatbot has begun taking orders at a Wendy’s drive-thru, and if a pilot test goes well, the AI could be rolled out widely.

www.freethink.com

/——-/ Nobody saw that coming.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Who uses paper money, you dinosaurs?

/——/ Your drug dealer and hookers.

 

[Moonglow]

/——/ Your drug dealer and hookers.

not nowadays.

 

[TNHarley]

Why not?

ummm really?
Because people will lose their jobs.

 

[norwegen]

ummm really?
Because people will lose their jobs.

We should never have invented cars. All those poor blacksmiths who lost their jobs. Very sad.

 

[TNHarley]

Automation is great. Plenty of jobs for people to develop, manufacture, and sell it.

Like teenagers after school, paying for gas and insurance?

 

[shockedcanadian]

It is bound to happen. They are even using AI for telemarketing. All of this is evolution until the Terminators take us out. Until then, ,enjoy the ride.

This is why even a free market capitalist like myself is open to the idea of Guaranteed Income Supplements. People have little appreciation for how broadly A.I is going to displace workers. We are only in it's infancy. Japan is much further along in the integration into the economy, China catching up.

 

[Missourian]

Automation is great. Plenty of jobs for people to develop, manufacture, and sell it.

Yep ... In China...

 

[Anomalism]

Chatbots may get your order wrong, so no change there. But at least they know how to make change.

Checkers had been using AI drive through for a minute now. I asked a lady working there how she liked it. She said it's great because it's never late and doesn't call out

 

[Missourian]

This is why even a free market capitalist like myself is open to the idea of Guaranteed Income Supplements.

Going to have to happen eventually.

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