They’re already automating the order taking process as-is, they’re constantly pushing the mobile app and mobile orders so that people will type their orders into their own phone and then send those orders to the fast food location so that they can be made and delivered to the customer with no cashier needed. When enough people are using the app the employment position of designated cashier/order taker will be removed and any lingering order taking/cashiering needs will simply be lumped into the presenter’s (person at the food window who give you your order) responsibilities. Same way the front counter cashier has already been lumped into the front counter order assembly position because there are now multiple automated kiosks for people to type their own orders into without the need of a designated employee on that front counter cashiering position at all times
On the rare occasions I go to McDonalds I always use the drive through so I can ask for fresh fries (which I'll get about 80% of the time). Ordering through a kiosk or app inevitably results in lukewarm soggy fries which Ioath. If you can't even get hot crisp fries what even is the point?
@@langdons2848 as an insider I’d like to let you know the secret code for enforcing that the fries be fresh: “cook to order” The McDonald’s operating system (at least in the US State I’m in) has various grill options that the order taker can select from and one of those options is ‘cook to order’ which if their order display system is functional should mark on their order screen that the fries for that order must be dropped fresh. Can’t remember if the request also shows up on the printed receipt too or not but it definitely shows up on all their relevant screens if their system is up to date
@@langdons2848 ok I think yt ate my prior comment so ima say it simpler. The secret password for hot fries is “cook to order” cuz we’ve got a button on the computer we press to tell the kitchen to drop the fries fresh for that person specifically. Our location usually has hot fries already though so it mostly just comes up for people who need their fries fresh enough to make it to their destination without them going bad
@@ImAmirus First, I'm an American software developer who has lived in Europe for several decades. Second, I've debugged software written by EEs. So yes, they can code. But code well? Like in a maintainable, secure, extensible way? Not so much. See also, data scientists who are the people coding the "AI" systems. Lastly, the geographic location of a software engineer doesn't really indicate quality. I've worked with good software engineers from all over the world.
I think we've had the biggest wow moments we're going to get with this generation of AI. It's going to take new invention past just improvement for more wow moments. - Kevin
To answer the question asked at the beginning of the video….the problem this solves for companies like McDonalds is the problem of having to pay employees. The most morally unacceptable action for a capitalist is paying an employee for their labor.
Isn't that called "Deleted"? or "Terminated"? I mean, It was an "Installation", NOT a hiring. EULAS may apply.... not an actual contract after all. is there a law for how this has to be processed?
The weird thing I remember hearing from some AI researchers is that it’s the simple jobs that probably won’t be taken by AI. You’d be surprised how much trouble AI has with something is simplest checking to make sure a package isn’t open before putting it on a conveyor belt. It’s a very simple task that any human with a halfway functioning brain can do, but an AI simply can’t for some reason. It’s people who have jobs like being paralegals who need to be worried because AI is very good at sifting through large amounts of information very quickly to look for patterns.
Well the thing is is you can get disbarred if you are found to be using AI in legal filings so actually that won't happen either. Anything that requires higher level judgement you should not use AI for because it doesn't know a good result from a bad result. It just knows a likely result.
@@jordanwhite8718 it never was. This kind of technology has an application in sorting for a good result. The fact that it can appear to do things in intelligent human can do but is only actually completing their patterns dazzles folks but it ultimately has no real use because it's prone to giving up BS answers. In reality what's going on in the background is a self-sorting database that serves up the most likely and or desired result. This is coming from the largest possible set of inputs many of which include mediocre sentences mediocre art, mediocre music etc. And of course if it's a conversational AI it's going to include hostile and wrong answers because you have to go to some place like the internet to get that much conversation. And who's the loudest people on the internet. I think the technology is ultimately flawed. I've worked in information technology for 30 years this is not a killer app it does not do anything actually better than people can. This looks like VR. it's fun and cute and can do things in a limited way that make it act and look human like but it is only ever going to have limited real-world applications and starting very soon now will be one of those things that surfaces from time to time and still is no great big deal and then disappears again.
I think that it's going to fuck up complex jobs too thing is the average user does not have direct interaction with them so it's going to take longer to come to light
@@acacacacacacaccaca7666 I don't think it's going to be around that long. Despite the narcissistic dazzling that the human race has undergone watching AI act like us it is not better than us at any single thing.
me: orders big mac combo
me again, checking order: pulls out big mac with 1 large stone
Real purpose of this was always to threaten employees ad keep wages low.
The real reason is the AI drive thru workers started demanding a livable wage
👀 AI layoffs have started! 😱
They’re already automating the order taking process as-is, they’re constantly pushing the mobile app and mobile orders so that people will type their orders into their own phone and then send those orders to the fast food location so that they can be made and delivered to the customer with no cashier needed. When enough people are using the app the employment position of designated cashier/order taker will be removed and any lingering order taking/cashiering needs will simply be lumped into the presenter’s (person at the food window who give you your order) responsibilities. Same way the front counter cashier has already been lumped into the front counter order assembly position because there are now multiple automated kiosks for people to type their own orders into without the need of a designated employee on that front counter cashiering position at all times
On the rare occasions I go to McDonalds I always use the drive through so I can ask for fresh fries (which I'll get about 80% of the time). Ordering through a kiosk or app inevitably results in lukewarm soggy fries which Ioath. If you can't even get hot crisp fries what even is the point?
@@langdons2848 as an insider I’d like to let you know the secret code for enforcing that the fries be fresh: “cook to order”
The McDonald’s operating system (at least in the US State I’m in) has various grill options that the order taker can select from and one of those options is ‘cook to order’ which if their order display system is functional should mark on their order screen that the fries for that order must be dropped fresh. Can’t remember if the request also shows up on the printed receipt too or not but it definitely shows up on all their relevant screens if their system is up to date
@@langdons2848 ok I think yt ate my prior comment so ima say it simpler. The secret password for hot fries is “cook to order” cuz we’ve got a button on the computer we press to tell the kitchen to drop the fries fresh for that person specifically. Our location usually has hot fries already though so it mostly just comes up for people who need their fries fresh enough to make it to their destination without them going bad
Economy’s so bad they’re even firing the robots.
AI was like "and then!"
No, it won't do an order system well. And it will cost more money to run and maintain than just paying employees.
@@ImAmirus As a software engineer I find it unsurprising.
@@ImAmirus First, I'm an American software developer who has lived in Europe for several decades. Second, I've debugged software written by EEs. So yes, they can code. But code well? Like in a maintainable, secure, extensible way? Not so much. See also, data scientists who are the people coding the "AI" systems.
Lastly, the geographic location of a software engineer doesn't really indicate quality. I've worked with good software engineers from all over the world.
@@ImAmirus ah. You're a fanboy. My apologies for wasting our time.
not necessarily
@@KevinLyda Just because you're a software developer doesn't mean you work with AI.
Woah. There are Five Guys with drive throughs?
It will continually improve, don't think the AI revolution is over.
I think we've had the biggest wow moments we're going to get with this generation of AI. It's going to take new invention past just improvement for more wow moments. - Kevin
To answer the question asked at the beginning of the video….the problem this solves for companies like McDonalds is the problem of having to pay employees.
The most morally unacceptable action for a capitalist is paying an employee for their labor.
They are just going to pass it on to the now limited staff
At least they didnt use underpaid people from India.
Those would have worked though lol
Isn't that called "Deleted"? or "Terminated"? I mean, It was an "Installation", NOT a hiring. EULAS may apply.... not an actual contract after all. is there a law for how this has to be processed?
Give it a few more years.
The weird thing I remember hearing from some AI researchers is that it’s the simple jobs that probably won’t be taken by AI. You’d be surprised how much trouble AI has with something is simplest checking to make sure a package isn’t open before putting it on a conveyor belt. It’s a very simple task that any human with a halfway functioning brain can do, but an AI simply can’t for some reason. It’s people who have jobs like being paralegals who need to be worried because AI is very good at sifting through large amounts of information very quickly to look for patterns.
Well the thing is is you can get disbarred if you are found to be using AI in legal filings so actually that won't happen either.
Anything that requires higher level judgement you should not use AI for because it doesn't know a good result from a bad result. It just knows a likely result.
@@angelainamarie9656 oh really. Well, so much for AI being the future.
@@jordanwhite8718 it never was. This kind of technology has an application in sorting for a good result. The fact that it can appear to do things in intelligent human can do but is only actually completing their patterns dazzles folks but it ultimately has no real use because it's prone to giving up BS answers. In reality what's going on in the background is a self-sorting database that serves up the most likely and or desired result. This is coming from the largest possible set of inputs many of which include mediocre sentences mediocre art, mediocre music etc. And of course if it's a conversational AI it's going to include hostile and wrong answers because you have to go to some place like the internet to get that much conversation. And who's the loudest people on the internet.
I think the technology is ultimately flawed. I've worked in information technology for 30 years this is not a killer app it does not do anything actually better than people can. This looks like VR. it's fun and cute and can do things in a limited way that make it act and look human like but it is only ever going to have limited real-world applications and starting very soon now will be one of those things that surfaces from time to time and still is no great big deal and then disappears again.
I think that it's going to fuck up complex jobs too thing is the average user does not have direct interaction with them so it's going to take longer to come to light
@@acacacacacacaccaca7666 I don't think it's going to be around that long. Despite the narcissistic dazzling that the human race has undergone watching AI act like us it is not better than us at any single thing.
They kept getting the orders right.
Stopped watching at the dad joke, that was *bad*
Apologies ❤