Join Ruth as we explore why McDonald’s scrapped its drive-thru AI.
This course will expire on 24th February.
Cost: £3.99 | Free for paid subscribers & members
Date: Monday, 9 February 2026
Time: 6:00 PM
1 sessions • Recorded course
Here's the full schedule for this course:
Each session is available on catch up for at least 7 days
Course type: recorded
Level: Beginner
Host: Dr Ruth Stalker-Firth
As McDonalds recently withdrew its AI from the drive-thru after it kept putting bacon on ice-cream, join Ruth as we will take a peek under the hood of chatbots and speech recognition to see why machine learning would ‘think’ that bacon is a good topping for ice-cream, and why it couldn’t possibly improve without a human which is probably why they decided to cut out the middleman, and get a human to do its job!
Hi, I’m Ruth, I write and teach about technology, exploring how people use tech and how it shapes our lives. I’ve worked as an AI consultant and lecturer since 2001, sharing my passion for human-computer interaction online and at universities.
