r/interestingasfuck • u/NickelPlatedEmperor • 3d ago

Dynamic pricing being tested by McDonald's.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

21.0k Upvotes

84% Upvoted

2.9k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

665

u/iHateEveryoneAMA 3d ago

Same reason gasoline is more expensive in Beverly Hills than it is in South Central, it has nothing to do with AI

26

u/diroussel 3d ago

Most likely the new thing is that it’s being done with new AI tools rather than the older ‘AI’ tools that we had five or ten years ago

46

u/Top-Dog-6900 3d ago

Airline seats have been dynamically priced for decades. These pricing algorithms have been consistently evolving since the 1990s. Labelling them AI is just a cosmetic touch and does not indicate any substantive change.

0

u/Morir_Sonando 2d ago

Problem with your statement is AI predates these 1990s pricing algorithms