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Death by AI

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583 points ano-ther | 9 comments | 19 Jul 25 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.685s | source | bottom
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abathur ◴[19 Jul 25 23:43 UTC] No.44620532[source]▶
A popular local spot has a summary on google maps that says:

Vibrant watering hole with drinks & po' boys, as well as a jukebox, pool & electronic darts.

It doesn't serve po' boys, have a jukebox (though the playlists are impeccable), have pool, or have electronic darts. (It also doesn't really have drinks in the way this implies. It's got beer and a few canned options. No cocktails or mixed drinks.)

They got a catty one-star review a month ago for having a misleading description by someone who really wanted to play pool or darts.

I'm sure the owner reported it. I reported it. I imagine other visitors have as well. At least a month on, it's still there.

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1. 0xDEAFBEAD ◴[20 Jul 25 06:34 UTC] No.44622514[source]▶
Obvious solution: start serving po' boys and buy a jukebox/pool/electronic darts.
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2. bravesoul2 ◴[20 Jul 25 07:06 UTC] No.44622659[source]▶
And an ASCII tab reader, of course!
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4. ashoeafoot ◴[20 Jul 25 09:01 UTC] No.44623223[source]▶
So if i write a fake glowing review i can now steer a companies offerings with that. The power..
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5. Applejinx ◴[20 Jul 25 10:25 UTC] No.44623686[source]▶
I have seen people unironically advocate for that on Hacker News.
6. 0xDEAFBEAD ◴[20 Jul 25 10:32 UTC] No.44623729[source]▶
Good businesses appreciate customer feedback delivered in more obvious ways as well.
7. thih9 ◴[20 Jul 25 12:40 UTC] No.44624629[source]▶
There is no indication that their actual customers want that and that it would benefit the business and their customers long term. It might as well be a bad location for the above for some reason.
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8. abathur ◴[20 Jul 25 14:20 UTC] No.44625464[source]▶
It's an outdoor seating counter serve kind of place, so yeah :)
9. NBJack ◴[20 Jul 25 22:39 UTC] No.44630042[source]▶
Great. That's how it always starts when we 'listen' to the AI. First, we make a few adjustments to the menu. Next, we get told there's a dancing floor, and now we have to install that. A few steps later? Automated factory for killer robots (with a jukebox).

I should probably admire the AI for showing a lot of restraint on its first steps to global domination and/or wiping out humanity.