The tool, which was deployed across its North American stores, was designed to automate inventory management with the goal of providing accurate real-time information that could help Starbucks address ingredient shortages at its locations.
But according to previous Reuters reporting, the error-prone AI frequently miscounted and mislabeled items, confusing different types of milk and sometimes forgetting to count them altogether.
Now, it’s getting the axe.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/starbucks-scraps-disastrous-ai-tool
But sure, let’s butcher our public service:
Willis has outlined an overhaul of the public service designed to “reduce the number of government departments, increase the use of AI and other digital tools, and deliver significant savings”.
“Businesses and households are using AI every day and, while parts of the public sector have seized the opportunity to innovate, others are still locked into outdated ways of doing things that prioritise box-ticking over outcomes,” she told a Business North Harbour audience.
The single toughest thing about pimping AI solutions (which i did for nearly a year) was the non-deterministic behaviours. I fucking hated using it for business processes.
Dave5 
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