…because they would pour too many fingers.

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    7 months ago

    I know this is a joke but ironically there are already several automated bartending systems out there and being utilised by hospitality companies.

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    7 months ago

    I doubt this joke works outside Nth America.

    Everywhere I have been in the UK, EU, Aus etc all use standard measures when pouring spirits.

  • I randomly watched a review of a bunch of different automatic cocktail makers not too long ago, ranging from the cheapest on the market to the most expensive and I found it surprising how all of them basically sucked (I mean, according to the reviewer anyway). I can’t see how a pre-programmed thing pouring exact amounts of liquids could fuck up making a cocktail except maybe in doing the crazy layering to make things like a tequila sunrise; but the taste should be spot on every time.

    If they can’t even make that work, an AI bartender is the least of anyone’s concern.

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      How much of that you recon is set and setting?

      Did the reviewers watch the machine make it and expect something “mechanical”?

      Wonder what reviews would be if you brought a group at a table in a bar a blind selection of machine and human-made drinks.
      Machine-made would probably be worse, but my and many other’s thinking as much probably flavors reviews before the pour is made.