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Taco Bell is rolling out AI ordering in hundreds of drive-thrus. Here's how it works
ZDnet ^ | 8/1/24 | Artie Beaty, Contributing Writer

Posted on 08/01/2024 10:06:56 AM PDT by DallasBiff

AI technology is coming to Taco Bell, hopefully freeing up employees to lessen your wait time and provide better service.


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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Food
KEYWORDS: ai; tacobell
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Well, will the food be any better, and will I have to to the toilet three hours later, after a burrito?
1 posted on 08/01/2024 10:06:56 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

1. No
2. Of course...Taco Bell is instant laxative! :)


2 posted on 08/01/2024 10:08:49 AM PDT by woweeitsme
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To: DallasBiff

With their new, blazingly fast, TAICO™ system, you’ll be going to the toilet in only two hours!


3 posted on 08/01/2024 10:10:06 AM PDT by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: DallasBiff

Actually just using the app is the quick and easy way to ensure that your order is communicated correctly. No AI required.


4 posted on 08/01/2024 10:10:08 AM PDT by DarrellZero
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To: DallasBiff

My wife loves it. 🤷

She had me take her for lunch last Tuesday.

I’ll say this, I like the touch screen ordering a lot......this AI thing I dunno.


5 posted on 08/01/2024 10:10:36 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: DallasBiff

weird how taco bell became a sort of touchstone for western civilization.


6 posted on 08/01/2024 10:11:11 AM PDT by xoxox
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To: DarrellZero

well, if the real thing isn’t available...


7 posted on 08/01/2024 10:11:48 AM PDT by xoxox
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To: DallasBiff

All of these fast food restaurants seem to have adopted a dreary color scheme.


8 posted on 08/01/2024 10:11:58 AM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: DallasBiff

Yes, I would like two proofs for the existence of God, the square root of two, and a side of fries.


9 posted on 08/01/2024 10:13:02 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (Kafka was an optimist.)
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To: DallasBiff
Hmm...not sure about this AI stuff...

"I'll have a burrito and a chimi, extra sour cream, large nacho fries, and an order of chips and guacamole, please."

"I'm sorry, sir, but we've been in touch with your smart appliances. The scale and the fridge vetoed the order. Have a salad."

10 posted on 08/01/2024 10:14:16 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: DallasBiff

How’s that $25 an hour minimum wage working out for people? Living the good life?


11 posted on 08/01/2024 10:15:43 AM PDT by albie
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To: DallasBiff
Order accuracy has not been the problem, order fulfillment is the problem.

-PJ

12 posted on 08/01/2024 10:16:08 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: DallasBiff

No person, no order.


13 posted on 08/01/2024 10:17:17 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Order accuracy has not been the problem, order fulfillment is the problem.“

Very much so and getting worse.


14 posted on 08/01/2024 10:22:14 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: DallasBiff

McDonald’s uses touchscreen ordering systems in Spain and the USA.

They work.


15 posted on 08/01/2024 10:24:26 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (Ask Congress to send middle class property/income tax cap amendments to the states.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Now the fulfillers can blame AI


16 posted on 08/01/2024 10:24:33 AM PDT by goodnesswins (DEI....Divide, Enslave, Indoctrinate.....OR ......Didn't Earn It)
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To: DallasBiff
Just getting well positioned to win the coming franchise war.


17 posted on 08/01/2024 10:25:03 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: xoxox

IIRC from the movies, Taco Bell won the Restaurant Wars.


18 posted on 08/01/2024 10:26:43 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: DallasBiff
"For customers, the process is the same. When you pull up to the drive-thru, a robotic-sounding voice will ask for your order. As you go, a screen shows your order to make sure everything is accurate. The system then relays your order to employees just as it would if you had talked to a live person"

Hopefully the AI voice will work better than Dr. Demento's "Fast Food" LOL

19 posted on 08/01/2024 10:26:48 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (The country bounces along like Custer on the way to Little Big Horn, thanks to Dear Leader)
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To: Brian Griffin

This is not about touch screens. It is about AI voice ordering.


20 posted on 08/01/2024 10:29:26 AM PDT by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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