My wife is talking to #Foodora why our neighbourhood has been removed from their food deliveries when the restaurants we ordered from are literally minutes away.
And the answer she keeps getting is: "We have no idea why your neighbourhood has been removed, our system constantly and automatically adjusts delivery zones based on blablabla."
It's a nice glimpse into the future with #AI where "the system" will be making fundamental decisions without anyone knowing exactly why.
@sesivany#Algocracy in a soft form :-) But by the way - you guys from #Fedora - what do you think about the foodora name and logo? When I saw the delivery car at the first time, it took me time to realize that it isn't Fedora 😄
@belohoub it's funny. First it was Facebook who "stole" our logo. When we finally made a logo change and people stopped confusing us with Facebook, Foodora using a very similar font type showed up. At least, they're not blue, but pink.
@gbraad sure, it's not AI, what I wanted to point out is the mindset that will only be more common with the autonomous solutions: "it's not our fault, it's the system."
For the customer it's virtually impossible to reach someone who understands "the system" and is able to answer why it is doing what it is doing in the particular case.
@gbraad interestingly they originally were blaming the restaurants saying that they choose where and when their food can be delivered and that the bottleneck is there, but my wife contacted the restaurants and they were shocked that people from their closest neighborhood couldn't order meals from them.
@sesivany
Capitalist corporate entities are not there for your benefit, they are there to make profit.. the algorithm has decided you aren't making them enough profit
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