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Which other AI product is like this? (i.imgflip.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A firm providing AI drive-thru tech to fast food chains actually relies on human workers to take orders 70% of the time

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't listen to it right now, but the issue with characters like Aunt Jemima is that they were just racist stereotypes given a name and slapped on a box.

I think a good analogy for this situation would be a themed chain where an AI pretends to be a comedic racist caricature.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well, yes, those caricatures are based off black people that worked in the food industry and came to represent a big part of it. So food brands held on to the image as a way to sell their product. Adopting the voice of a black kid for the AI drive through is not much different imo. It's a fictional representation of a person that used to do that same job.