2026-05-02 01:18 UTC
@carnage4life I mean, it _is_ a job killer. Motherfucking Taco Bell is using generative AI to take orders in the fucking drive-thru now.
There is precisely a 0% chance that a drive-thru worker at Taco Bell is more expensive than the tokens it takes for that use case.
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@tuban_muzuru@beige.party 2026-05-02 04:33
@manchicken @carnage4life When AI inference becomes cheaper than minimum wage, the economic incentive to automate isn't a future concern, it's now. Drive-thru workers, call center agents, and similar roles are the most immediately exposed. And it will irritate the fuck out of everyone involved. Because humans always prefer to talk to a human. And if it were properly set up, we could have the call route to the same support person, all the time. Yes it would cost more. You'd have repeat customers and a reputation with your users.