Order-taking will be just one facet of how AI is used in restaurants

AI could be used by restaurants to better understand customer expectations. — AFP Relaxnews

Despite all the current excitement around the subject, generative artificial intelligence isn’t ready to replace a chef, waiter or sommelier when it comes to the restaurant industry. This technological revolution could, however, offer up a different approach to helping restaurateurs choose the dishes they serve and how they serve them by helping them adapt them to correspond more closely with the tastes of the moment.

Robotic arms that cook French fries, computers that act as recipe prompters so that each ingredient is added at the optimum moment in order to achieve results in line with those of a top chef.... There’s a large range of tasks that artificial intelligence is already performing in the restaurant business.