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[–] ianfraserkrillmaster@midwest.social 76 points 8 hours ago (8 children)

But despite some of the viral glitches facing Taco Bell, it says two million orders have been successfully processed using the voice AI since its introduction.

how much you wanna bet they're counting the orders where the drive thru worker had to step in and save the floundering algorithm who could not in fact understand basic speech, or even the purpose of a conversation, as orders "successfully processed" using AI

[–] Cybersec@piefed.social 9 points 5 hours ago

If money came in the window in exchange for cheap ass beans and tortillas going out the window it’s a win in their books.

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