[JohnFen]

As a customer, I'd find that actively offensive.

Those pre-ordering recordings asking if I'm using an app are already horrible enough as it is. Offloading basic human politeness to machines would be even worse.

[elil17]

If someone is being forced by an AI to be polite to you, is it really still basic human politeness? Or is it some weird, different, corporate-hellscape-mediated thing

[JohnFen]

> If someone is being forced by an AI to be polite to you, is it really still basic human politeness?

No. That does strip the meaning out of it. I also object to Burger King's proposal.

But at least it's still coming from an actual person, even if they're forced to do it. That may not be much, but it's still better.

[fanatic2pope]

Less offensive than a completely meaningless forced "please" and "thank you" coming from an employee who only does it because if they don't they are punished.

[JohnFen]

Slightly more offensive to me. Not a lot more offensive, though, that's true.

[nathan_compton]

I find making employees say please and thank you substantially more offensive.

[moralestapia]

As opposed to the satisfaction of watching a minimum wage worker being zapped by an AI-powered collar and mumbling "Th-tha nk you" as a result.

Yeah, that'd definitely be The Truly Sincere Experience™.

[Integrape]

If the food at BK doesn't offend you, why would this?

[chrisjj]

> As a customer, I'd find that actively offensive

You'd have already been screened out by "You rule".

[rapnie]

Why not just have an AI to find that offensive, instead of you.