AI Conquered Coding. Fast Food Is Next
Kristen Charpentier’s first hint that she was talking to a robot when she pulled into a Dairy Queen drive-thru lane was that the voice coming out to the speaker was, simply put, “too nice.” “There was no communication delay or weirdness to it. It felt completely natural,” Charpentier tells WIRED.
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Kristen Charpentier’s first hint that she was talking to a robot when she pulled into a Dairy Queen drive-thru lane was that the voice coming out to the speaker was, simply put, “too nice.” “There was no communication delay or weirdness to it. It felt completely natural,” Charpentier tells WIRED. “But just a little too pleasant to be human.” The voice punctuated its sentences with pleases and thank yous. Its attempts to upsell Charpentier on extra Snickers for her Blizzard were perfectly polite.
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- Kristen Charpentier’s first hint that she was talking to a robot when she pulled into a Dairy Queen drive-thru lane was that the voice coming out to the speaker was, simply put, “too nice.” “There was no communication delay or weirdness to it. It felt completely natural,” Charpentier tells WIRED.
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