IBM: We Can't Make 'AI' (Voice Recognition) Do the Work of a McDonald's Teenager, So Let's Try the Same on Saudi Planes
IBM is lost. It's truly lost.
Hours ago:
Yes, it's just about as stupid as it sounds. "Riyadh Air's technological partner, IBM, has spilled the details on what flying with the AI-native airline will look like."
What they mean by "AI-native" is LLMs or slop or voice recognition (that's not AI). Good luck with that.
From last year:
A trial of the system, which was developed by IBM and uses voice recognition software to process orders, was announced in 2019.It has not proved entirely reliable, however, resulting in viral videos of bizarre misinterpreted orders ranging from bacon-topped ice cream to hundreds of dollars' worth of chicken nuggets.
McDonald's told franchisees it would remove the tech from the more than 100 restaurants it has been testing it in by the end of July, as first reported by trade publication Restaurant Business, external.
"After thoughtful review, McDonald's has decided to end our current global partnership with IBM on AOT [Automated Order Taking] beyond this year," the restaurant chain said in a statement.
But sure, it'll work fine in aviation.
Some years ago in stallman.org RMS said that cars which were "smart" would just deliver journalists to the Saudi consulate/embassy and chop them down to pieces inside the cars. Of course he said that in reference to Jamal Khashoggi, who was chopped down with a saw, then cooked at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. █