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Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters (www.bbc.com)
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[–] 11 points 1 year ago (10 children)

So the output from the LLM is just a text description that's fed into another, smarter piece of software that interprets that text into an order? What task is the LLM actually doing in this case?

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    The LLM is taking the order. Interpreting what people say into that simple text description. Not everyone talks the same or describes things the same. That is i believe where the bulk of the LLM is doing the work. Then I'm sure there is some background stock management and health checks out manages as well

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    We have apps for that, and they're typically a pita. They certainly take longer than just talking through your order.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Yeah, unlike a human that understands a customer saying "one pizzaburger, that's all", the app doesn't understand the situation that the order is complete, but rather just keeps on asking more obviously unwanted cringey questions like "buy two, you'll save a few cents on the second one?" or "what will you drink with that?" or "is that a big menu?"...

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