Are Restaurants Ready to Lead with AI?
Carl Orsbourn
SVP - Food, Hospitality & Retail | Innovating ops with AI, automation & offshore labor for Restaurants, Retail, Tech, Multi-Units | Bestselling Author | Co-Founder | Board Member |Tech Thought Leader
In this week's The Digital Restaurant podcast, we discuss the following key headlines, and here are some of our key quotes. To get the transcript of our podcast - head here.
Articles mentioned in the video:
"...that's probably a theme that we've talked about a lot this year is that there isn't as much new stuff , but a lot of the things that we've seen success with Are coming back and certainly things that folks are looking to implement." - Carl
"What remains to be seen is this, is there really any value in all of these restaurants being co located together? Or would they be better off building their own dark kitchen in the event that they want to put, off-premise off premise." - Meredith
"The standout example for me in the second article is this anecdote about the manager treating AI like a child learning to walk. That was pretty profound. I thought so by allowing AI to make mistakes." - Carl
"I believe the kitchen of the future will be electric, not gas. And that's a pretty remarkable thing to say because most of the kitchens in the U S are in fact gas based." - Meredith
"Google Maps is integrating an advanced AI feature using Gemini to enhance the user interactions and provide a more personalized experience. And these updates are aiming to transform how users are going to discover and engage with restaurants and other local businesses." - Carl
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Meredith on WIRL