https://fortune.com/2023/05/09/wendys-ai-powered-chatbot-drive-thru-orders/

    • ChestRockwell [comrade/them, any]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah if we had some kind of Universal housing and UBI guarantees then why not replace the clerk with AI - it's a terrible job being a sin eater for treat getters.

      But this is just going to fuck already precarious people over so it's pretty much demonic.

    • AHopeOnceMore [he/him]B
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      2 years ago

      Don't worry, automation means productivity gains and greater employment, which I learned from cherrypicked anecdotes about ATMs.

      The outcome will be 3-4X as many Wendy's. More Wendy's' than you want. Have you had breakfast at a Wendy's lately? Well you're in luck!

      • ssjmarx [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        This is how the Food Wars starts. Taco Bell has been stockpiling weapons for this moment.

    • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]
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      2 years ago

      It's ridiculous that capitalism turns automation into something bad. Automation, meaning less labor needing to be done, should be great for society. But because the means of production are owned by like 1000 people across the world, all it does is enrich those 1000 while the rest of the world has to fight for scraps.