Meme Historian Explains Why the McDonald's Drive-Thru AI Upgrade Is the Most Relatable Disaster of 2024
In a stunning display of corporate irony, McDonald's is reportedly scrapping its much-hyped drive-thru AI upgrade after customers discovered that ordering a "McFlurry with extra M&Ms" resulted in the machine screaming "I’M LOVIN’ IT" in demonic static, then adding 47 Chicken McNuggets to the bill. Meme historians point out that this perfectly captures the eternal struggle of humans vs. poorly programmed tech: we trained it on 10,000 hours of garbled order audio from a 1996 Intercom in a rainstorm, then acted shocked when it couldn't tell the difference between "diet Coke" and "don't look at my soul." The upgrade is now trending because nothing says "innovation" like returning to the good old days of a teenager sighing through a static-filled speaker.