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minus-squaremechoman444@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·7 hours ago“welcome to McDonald’s, will you be using the app today?” “No, lemme get a number 9 medium diet coke” “Hey how you doing, what can I get you?” “number 9 medium diet coke” “Two hamburger meal, and what to drink?” “Diet coke” “What size?” “Medium” “Does everything look right on the screen?” “Yes” “Would you like to round up for the Ronald McDonald Foundation” “No” “Drive around to the second window”
minus-squaret3rminus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours agoWas this about AI or about how shitty their drive-thru is currently. Because this is what it feels like currently. I’d hate to hear what happens when it’s all AI.
“welcome to McDonald’s, will you be using the app today?”
“No, lemme get a number 9 medium diet coke”
“Hey how you doing, what can I get you?”
“number 9 medium diet coke”
“Two hamburger meal, and what to drink?”
“Diet coke”
“What size?”
“Medium”
“Does everything look right on the screen?”
“Yes”
“Would you like to round up for the Ronald McDonald Foundation”
“No”
“Drive around to the second window”
Was this about AI or about how shitty their drive-thru is currently.
Because this is what it feels like currently. I’d hate to hear what happens when it’s all AI.