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Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ (www.theverge.com)
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The company compiled information from franchisees and guests on how to measure friendliness, resulting in the fast food chain training its AI system to recognize certain words and phrases, such as “welcome to Burger King,” “please,” and “thank you.” Managers can then ask the AI assistant how their location is performing on friendliness.

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[–] canadian_commie@lemmy.world 52 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

This is the worst timeline. 1984 was a warning not an instruction manual.

[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 1 points 42 minutes ago

I’m currently watching Handmaid’s Tale for the first time (the show, not the movie. I haven’t seen the movie). I’ve never read the book either so no spoilers please. Anyway, it’s eerie how many things are lining up. Like you said, supposed to be a warning, not a guidebook.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 25 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

And Idiocracy was a comedy not a documentary

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 17 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

it was too optimistic

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

If only we lived in a world where the President of the United States went and recruited the smartest person in the world to solve the most difficult problems

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

In a way, that is what DOGE ~~attempted to be~~ was sold as...by people who don't understand what smart is supposed to mean...and ~~ended up getting grifted~~ was really a grift, because that is as far as they all can imagine smart to be.

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

DOGE was the grift, run by a grifter

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 hours ago

They really did us a disservice being fucking hilarious the whole time eh

[–] notwhoyouthink@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 minutes ago

The more time goes on, the more I feel this.