In a recent post I have shown how artificial intelligence sometimes is, well, neither artificial nor intelligent. Since then McDonald’s, who were also trialling AI-assisted ordering systems in the US have announced that following a number of rather comical mishaps they are abandoning the tests (at least for now). The technology developed by IBM has […]
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Would you like fries with that?
This is the typical question at McDonald’s employee would ask you when you are placing your order, isn’t it? well, maybe not in Japan these days. It turns out in the country of the rising Sun the common spud is in short supply. As a result, and to make sure that everyone gets at least […]
The grumpy older man 