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Starbucks quietly retired its AI agent just months after deployment after it miscounted coffee shop inventories and slowed down baristas

"It started off not particularly accurate and got less accurate over time," one Starbucks employee told Fortune.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/b8821f41-8375-493c-a527-429f05a022fb/throwing-one-more-story-into-the-is-ai-going-to-replace-all-jobs-folder.RSS for NodeFri, 05 Jun 2026 02:56:29 GMTTue, 02 Jun 2026 01:24:17 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:35:43 GMT]]>@guy_bockamp @lennybacon Given that you led with "I really think that you are getting this wrong," it is weird to follow up the request to explain by talking about an opinion you don't think I have.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/evacide/statuses/116686673902943301https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/evacide/statuses/116686673902943301Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:35:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:56:12 GMT]]>@evacide @lennybacon i’m pretty confident that I was referring to “a majority on mastodon“.

Whether you consider yourself just that I leave up to your own discretion.

No offense oh intended though.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/guy_bockamp/statuses/116685338866304555https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/guy_bockamp/statuses/116685338866304555Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:56:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:59:05 GMT]]>@wraptile fuck off

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116684642411156249https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116684642411156249Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:59:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:37:38 GMT]]>@ratsnakegames @evacide we - the people with brains and empathy. You should try one of these.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/wraptile/statuses/116684558052633981https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/wraptile/statuses/116684558052633981Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:37:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:36:50 GMT]]>@Pine_Affinity @evacide real mature - straight to the block list. Bye 👋

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/wraptile/statuses/116684554926646912https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/wraptile/statuses/116684554926646912Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:36:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 03:59:42 GMT]]>@evacide

I was thinking: At least the are safe from .
And then yesterday I saw this at a tech conference:

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Ehay2k/statuses/116684172989260185https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Ehay2k/statuses/116684172989260185Wed, 03 Jun 2026 03:59:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:35:35 GMT]]>@guy_bockamp @lennybacon And even that is not "AI is not going to any real-world effects."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/evacide/statuses/116682426627684676https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/evacide/statuses/116682426627684676Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:35:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:31:33 GMT]]>@evacide @lennybacon I did not say you did.

Insinuating that you have an "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder in which to throw the story of Starbucks rewinding its AI experiments, however, gave me the impression that you collect stories of how firing workers to replace them with AI would fail.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/guy_bockamp/statuses/116682410762586003https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/guy_bockamp/statuses/116682410762586003Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:31:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:02:38 GMT]]>@guy_bockamp @lennybacon If you could point to the place where I said that AI would not have any real-world effects, I would be happy to have that argument, but I didn't, so I don't think it's worth getting into. I am not bothered by the fact that not every one of my Mastodon posts includes a lengthy and nuanced discussion of my position on this topic.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/evacide/statuses/116682061183182210https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/evacide/statuses/116682061183182210Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:02:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:49:07 GMT]]>@lennybacon @evacide It feels hard to hit the right tone here.

I sense there are a great many who believe that AI is a hype (there is clearly truth to it). But a majority on Mastodon seems not to believe in any real-world effects, in particular referring to the job market.

They are totally wrong:

This is not a case of noobs in suits will die trying stupid things. Stupid things will arrive anyway.

I am totally certain: the effects are/will be real just as much as the hype bubble is/will be.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/guy_bockamp/statuses/116681772082544795https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/guy_bockamp/statuses/116681772082544795Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:49:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:38:24 GMT]]>@evacide What's fascinating about this is that basic math is pretty much the absolute minimum we expect of ANY computer. A disposably cheap pocket calculator I can pick up from a dollar store will do it flawlessly and reliably. AI has no excuse. More accurately, the people making and selling it have none.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116681729961589651https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116681729961589651Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:38:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:38:03 GMT]]>@funkylab @evacide pretty sure AI was used to write it too. It's full of contradictory statements.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/btuftin/statuses/116681492639401987https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/btuftin/statuses/116681492639401987Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:38:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:28:53 GMT]]>@evacide

“One general theme that to me is … a little bit perplexing, is how, on many levels, [return on investment] seems not to be a main consideration [of AI tools]—the promise that down the road all this is going to make sense,” Gallino said. “That is something that can be out of focus in the middle of the hype.”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/PKYo/statuses/116681456611463154https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/PKYo/statuses/116681456611463154Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:28:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:45:51 GMT]]>@evacide @briankrebs ✊🏻

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.europlus.zone/users/europlus/statuses/116680815532593921https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.europlus.zone/users/europlus/statuses/116680815532593921Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:45:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:11:55 GMT]]>@evacide

Despite what Donald Trump thinks, I could only boycott my Starbuck's purchases down by 100% (which wasn't much, really, because their coffee always tastes burnt and I didn't like it). But, can I multiply my boycott by buying coffee from their competitors?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/Professor_Stevens/statuses/116680682092830881https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/Professor_Stevens/statuses/116680682092830881Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:11:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:46:54 GMT]]>@evacide Discounting the eventual elimination of something like 90% of contemporary jobs via AI because of anecdotes like this is equivalent to laughing at a broken down Model T on the side of a trail in 1913 as you pass by in your trusty horse-drawn carriage, shaking your head at all the people saying the automobile is the future.

The problem with AI is not that it doesn't work. The problem with AI is that it, increasingly, does.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/larthallor/statuses/116680583726753804https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/larthallor/statuses/116680583726753804Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:46:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:37:42 GMT]]>@evacide

CVS has replaces its simple phone tree "choose 1 to speak to a pharmicist" with AI and I end up screaming "Operator" repeatedly at the end of the interaction because it can't function. I invariably begin my voicemail, once I get there, with some strong words for management.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/jawarajabbi/statuses/116680547501008590https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/jawarajabbi/statuses/116680547501008590Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:37:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:24:13 GMT]]>@pier @energisch_ @evacide I'm not sure if two articles per day is a normal output for a non-slop journalist?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116680494489862480https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116680494489862480Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:24:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:21:38 GMT]]>@pier @energisch_ @evacide Sasha Rogelberg seems to be real, at least she has articles with different outlets, a photo, and socials.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116680484328571740https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116680484328571740Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:21:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:15:02 GMT]]>@wraptile @evacide who's we

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116680458426771993https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116680458426771993Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:15:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:14:07 GMT]]>*eyeroll, wank off gesture*
@wraptile @evacide

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116105650788071413/statuses/116680454784425768https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116105650788071413/statuses/116680454784425768Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:14:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:50:38 GMT]]>@evacide This is not LLM btw. It's warehouse management system that used lidar to track items. It's GOOD technology that we want to succeed - nobody should work warehouse inventory manually.

AI hate is so unserious.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/wraptile/statuses/116680362455902748https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/wraptile/statuses/116680362455902748Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:50:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:55:10 GMT]]>@benroyce @wwahammy @evacide yeah, it's purple and has stars around it!!! So exciting!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ruby.social/users/MoskitoHero/statuses/116680144378100279https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ruby.social/users/MoskitoHero/statuses/116680144378100279Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:55:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:03:21 GMT]]>@evacide can't count beverage ingredients but it will absolutely do everything else possible right?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/garyjr/statuses/116679940612411734https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/garyjr/statuses/116679940612411734Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:03:21 GMT