Robots are pouring drinks in Vegas. As AI grows, the city's workers brace for change
(www.npr.org)
from L4s@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 05 Sep 2023 18:00
https://lemmy.world/post/4504260
from L4s@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 05 Sep 2023 18:00
https://lemmy.world/post/4504260
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
With the use of artificial intelligence on the rise, the economy of this city --which relies on tourism and hospitality — is at an inflection point, as companies look to technology to reduce labor costs.
“Wherever the resort industry can replace their workers and not affect productivity, profits or the customer experience — wherever they can do that with artificial intelligence… they will,” said John Restrepo, principal at RCG Economics in Las Vegas.
“We need to move … to those occupations that are more highly skilled, that are not easily replaced by AI and that provide a greater level of balance and resilience so we’re not so hard-hit,” Restrepo said.
Sabrina Bergman works at the Tipsy Robot, a bar inside Planet Hollywood on the Las Vegas strip.
Bergman and other service workers told NPR there are some human jobs that technology can’t eliminate.
Technology like ChatGPT, which is a form of generative AI, will impact white collar jobs, too, in fields like accounting and data entry.
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I’d rather buy a cocktail from a vending machine than a person tbh. If well programmed it should be able to get proportions perfect, there’s a fighting chance it might know what a right hand cocktail is, and if not it should have an option to let me select components. I don’t need to be an ass about being particular with what brand rums and vermouth I want, I can clearly see what’s available from the selection. It could also let me pick the most popular drink of the night or very quickly give me a mini sampler of a drink if I was feeling curious.
Went to VMware explore and there was one of those robots… saw people using it one time in the entire week I was there.
Every bar was packed to the brim with attendees.
A machined preparing drinks is not ‘AI’.
Sssh, think of the clicks!
I think the headline is two completely separate statements. They just put them next to eachother for clickbait
If there’s a hole…
And you’ll still be expected to tip
Robots pouring drinks has been a thing on cruise ships for years. The big money is using AI to keep people gambling.
If this is AI, then McDonald’s has been using AI for a long time. Also, my Keurig is AI powered too.