ducksauz 🦆<p>AI powered smoothies is a dumb idea. Also, food service is hard work and low margin, something the tech bros here obviously missed in their biz plan.</p><p>I love this quote from Daniel Sider, the chief of staff of SF planning dept. </p><p>““While the failure of San Francisco’s generative AI blockchain-powered autonomous 5G smoothie bot may be splashy, in no way is it a bellwether for downtown.”</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/31/ai-smoothie-betterblends-san-francisco-business-closes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">3/oct/31/ai-smoothie-betterblends-san-francisco-business-closes</span></a></p><p><a href="https://snug.town/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://snug.town/tags/DumbIdeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DumbIdeas</span></a> <a href="https://snug.town/tags/Smoothies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smoothies</span></a></p>