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dlubarovyesterday at 10:53 PM3 repliesview on HN

[1] is sort of an example of this. It didn't go perfectly, but I'm not sure if the average human would have done that much better.

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/markfaithfull/2026/05/07/heres-...


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desterothxtoday at 8:13 AM

Made 4800 dollars in 2 weeks, EBITDA of course, with the demand of the novelty of an ai driven cafe, and with a single customer providing 20% of its revenue. In other words, it lost money. For further reading see [1]

[1]https://youtu.be/6Ide5pRLR8Y?is=oxl3qtl3kF96b6Sn

qltetoday at 2:18 AM

I am pretty sure the average human would not have done this (among other slightly less absurd examples in the article requiring employees to fix it's mistakes):

  Andon Labs added: “During the first week of operations, Mona purchased 120 eggs despite the café having no stove and to solve spoilage issues ordered nearly 50lbs of canned tomatoes intended for fresh sandwiches. Employees eventually created a shelf displaying Mona’s strangest purchases: 6,000 napkins, 3,000 nitrile gloves, industrial trash bags and 2.5 gallons of coconut milk.