Nemeski to TechnologyEnglish • 7 months agoMcDonald’s will stop testing AI to take drive-thru orders, for nowwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up1520arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1516arrow-down1external-linkMcDonald’s will stop testing AI to take drive-thru orders, for nowwww.theverge.comNemeski to TechnologyEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square158fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@UnderpantsWeevillinkEnglish13•7 months agoI’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.
minus-square@Potatos_are_not_friendslinkEnglish14•7 months agoAmazons Mechanical turk in a nutshell I think McDs always planned to roll out remote customer service to really maximize capitalism. And wrapping it under AI because that’s a trendy buzzword!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months agoThis reminds me of a post I saw once were someone said AI stood for Actually Indian
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.
Amazons Mechanical turk in a nutshell
I think McDs always planned to roll out remote customer service to really maximize capitalism. And wrapping it under AI because that’s a trendy buzzword!
This reminds me of a post I saw once were someone said AI stood for Actually Indian