With all of this chatter about AI, you may be wondering whether it can be used for restaurants. While AI is largely used to support workers in digital sectors, AI could also be utilized by restaurants and other food and beverage companies. With the proper inputs, AI could be used to come up with restaurant menus and names, write pages for restaurant websites, or help you write code for a restaurant website. It can even generate suggested prices and ingredients for your menu items. We even used AI to help write this blog post (though it’s been heavily edited and revised by humans)
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What Is AI?
For example, a chatbot tool is provided with examples of text in order to generate conversations with people that simulates a conversation with another human. Similarly, an image recognition tool is given millions of examples so that it can learn to identify and describe objects in images. New generative AI tools can create realistic images, text, music, and other media.
Programming for AI systems focuses on four types of cognitive skills that humans possess:
- Learning, which involves acquiring data and creating rules (known as algorithms) for how to turn it into actionable information;
- Reasoning, which focuses on choosing the proper algorithm to reach a desired outcome;
- Self-correction, where the system continuously fine-tunes algorithms to provide the most accurate results; and
- Creativity, which involves using various techniques such as neural networks and statistical methods to generate new ideas, music, images, and/or text.
There has been a lot of buzz about AI lately, and for good reason. AI can be used by businesses to automate tasks that were previously done by humans, such as customer service, detecting fraud, and quality control. It is particularly useful for repetitive tasks that require a lot of attention to detail, such as scanning electronic files to ensure that all fields were properly completed.
AI has the potential to change the way that we live and work. For businesses, AI systems can often be more efficient than hiring a human to perform the same task. AI can also make our lives as individuals easier, such as map applications on our phones that not only tell us which route to take but can also alert us to traffic and other issues. Many of us use other forms of AI on a daily basis, whether we use our face to open up our phone or use autocorrect when writing out a text or email.
While there are some downsides of AI – including the potential to eliminate human jobs and biases that may be baked into algorithms – there are many advantages, especially for businesses. When used correctly, AI can reduce the time needed to complete data-intensive tasks, save labor, deliver consistent results, and improve customer service. This is true for almost any business – including the restaurant industry.
How Can AI Be Used by Restaurants?
Accounting & Inventory Management
- Integrating inventory and purchasing systems with PoS systems in order to make real-time recommendations for purchasing ingredients and supplies;
- Tracking staffing and sales data to staff the restaurant appropriately based on this information; and
- Optimizing food deliveries to keep guests in the loop about their orders and to help drivers avoid traffic and other issues;
Tools like 5-Out can use predictive intelligence to forecast demand for future staffing and inventory needs.
Placing Orders & Answering Phones
AI phone technology like Slang.ai can help restaurants avoid missing calls when they’re busy. AI technology can take messages, add a guest to the waitlist, make reservations, and even answer frequently asked questions. AI can also be used for self-service ordering and other technological advances.
How good could AI get at answering the phones? While it isn’t currently available to businesses, you can hear how natural the upcoming Google AI assistant sounds on the phone in the video below.
Staff Training
You can view the Synthesia product demo below. Of course, you’re going to want to be able to show some actions within your restaurant as part of your training. You can shoot some video footage inside your restaurant and cut it into your Synthesia videos.
Creating A Restaurant Name
Writing Content For Your Website, Social Media, Or Email Campaigns
Developing A Restaurant Menu
Have inventory that you need to get rid of quickly? AI can also help you create a special menu item with that inventory to put it to good use.
As AI becomes more popular – and less expensive – more technologies may become available in the industry. While many restaurant owners may prefer to stay low-tech, others may find that these tools make their jobs easier – and their restaurants more profitable.
Risks Of Using AI For Content Marketing
For this reason, it’s important to proofread any content you ask AI to produce if you’re using it to create content that you will post publicly. The last thing you want is for your restaurant to unknowingly start to spread false information.
Reach Out to Budget Branders Today
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