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Looking at the state of most drive though electronics this is pointless and won't matter. Keeping that system working is already difficult enough with a highly

by consp 2y ago

Looking at the state of most drive though electronics this is pointless and won't matter. Keeping that system working is already difficult enough with a highly adaptable human at the other end of the line which can interpret your order with a broken microphone, bad language skills, a loud motor interfering and in any weather. And openai cannot handle the "please drive though to the first booth" if all else fails. On another anecdotal note completely off-topic: I wonder how it would interpret a horse, back in the days when I worked at the local McD we had plenty of them going though the drivethough.

jagged-chisel 2y ago
> I wonder how it would interpret a horse... Surely you don't intend to imply that the horse is ordering. Give that, there are all manner of sensors to detect the presence of an automobile or horse in the drive through and notify staff or the AI that someone wants to place an order. My understanding is that this is a solved problem. Staff get an alert/announcement chime or recording about someone waiting because the electronics detected something. Why a horse would pose a challenge is a mystery to me. Sure, there are some devices that will work less effectively as sensors for a horse than a car, but your particular franchise just adapts to the correct sensors for its traffic.
- consp 2y ago
  > Surely you don't intend to imply that the horse is ordering. Haha no (should have explained), but riders are too high to be heard due to the directional microphones installed and you only effectively hear the horse. Same for very high seated cars (though I suspect this might be different in the US). Trucks are too tall and would hit the building so they are not a consideration for the one I worked at. As you said, a simple alert system might work to solve this.
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kachapopopow 2y ago
The new one can interpret broken af accent with a baby crying sounds on speaker on full volume just fine. If they cannot understand it just goes to the normal operator. Also the solutions seem to be AIO not adapting existing tech so the microphone quality is very good with noise cancellation built-in I'd assume.

by consp 2y ago

jagged-chisel 2y ago

> I wonder how it would interpret a horse... Surely you don't intend to imply that the horse is ordering. Give that, there are all manner of sensors to detect the presence of an automobile or horse in the drive through and notify staff or the AI that someone wants to place an order. My understanding is that this is a solved problem. Staff get an alert/announcement chime or recording about someone waiting because the electronics detected something. Why a horse would pose a challenge is a mystery to me. Sure, there are some devices that will work less effectively as sensors for a horse than a car, but your particular franchise just adapts to the correct sensors for its traffic.

consp 2y ago
> Surely you don't intend to imply that the horse is ordering. Haha no (should have explained), but riders are too high to be heard due to the directional microphones installed and you only effectively hear the horse. Same for very high seated cars (though I suspect this might be different in the US). Trucks are too tall and would hit the building so they are not a consideration for the one I worked at. As you said, a simple alert system might work to solve this.

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kachapopopow 2y ago

The new one can interpret broken af accent with a baby crying sounds on speaker on full volume just fine. If they cannot understand it just goes to the normal operator. Also the solutions seem to be AIO not adapting existing tech so the microphone quality is very good with noise cancellation built-in I'd assume.