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McDonald's drive-thru AI upgrade: This could be our generation's 'Trenton Tomato Incident' of 1924, when automated sorting machines mistook Jersey beefsteak tomatoes for rotten fruit, crippling New Jersey's entire tomato supply for three months. Today, McDonald's rolls out its own autonomous order-taking AI, and early data from 300 pilot locations shows the system is hilariously mistaking phrases like 'no pickles' for requests to add three extra shakes, and 'unsweet tea' as a command to dunk the entire cup in syrup. While the Twin Towers of fast-food automation rise, history whispers a quiet warning: when you automate the delicate human art of a simple order, you risk a cascade of absurd, costly errors that echo for decades.
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McDonald's drive-thru AI upgrade: This could be our generation's 'Trenton Tomato Incident' of 1924, when automated sorting machines mistook Jersey beefsteak tomatoes for rotten fruit, crippling New Jersey's entire tomato supply for three months. Today, McDonald's rolls out its own autonomous order-taking AI, and early data from 300 pilot locations shows the system is hilariously mistaking phrases like 'no pickles' for requests to add three extra shakes, and 'unsweet tea' as a command to dunk the entire cup in syrup. While the Twin Towers of fast-food automation rise, history whispers a quiet warning: when you automate the delicate human art of a simple order, you risk a cascade of absurd, costly errors that echo for decades.