McDonald’s Drive-Thru AI Upgrade Is More Like the Fall of Rome Than the Rise of the Jetsons
A viral moment at a McDonald’s in Ohio is bringing back memories of the barbarian invasions. Customers reported that the new AI ordering system repeatedly insisted they wanted “three large fries and a looting license,” before the cashier manually overrode the machine. Historians are calling this the “Sack of the Drive-Thru,” drawing parallels to the Visigoths’ sack of Rome—an advanced civilization crumbling under its own tech. Let’s hope the next upgrade doesn’t require a shield wall.