https://freerepublic.com/tag/fastfoodindustry/ en-us Mon, 6 Sep 2021 02:59:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3992264/posts Ask for a roast beef sandwich at an Arby’s drive-thru east of Los Angeles and you may be talking to Tori — an artificially intelligent voice assistant that will take your order and send it to the line cooks. “It doesn’t call sick,” says Amir Siddiqi, whose family installed the AI voice at its Arby’s franchise this year in Ontario, California. “It doesn’t get corona. And the reliability of it is great.” The pandemic didn’t just threaten Americans’ health when it slammed the U.S. in 2020 — it may also have posed a long-term threat to many of their jobs.... Associated Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3992264/posts#comment Mon, 6 Sep 2021 02:59:22 GMT