This 'A.I. Bar' uses facial recognition to ensure customers get served in the right order

[midian182]

Forward-looking: A data science company in the UK has come up with what could be one of the best and most practical uses of facial recognition tech: making sure people queuing for drinks at a bar get served in the correct order.

Anyone who's ever been waiting fifteen minutes to get served at a crowded bar knows how frustrating it can be when staff keeps ignoring you in favor of those who’ve just sauntered over. But thanks to DataSparQ's kit, ordering a drink won’t be dependent on catching a server’s eye, elbowing queue jumpers out of the way, or waving frantically in an act of sheer desperation.

The A.I. Bar uses facial recognition to place drinkers in a “dynamically intelligent queue.” It works by displaying a live video of everyone waiting to be served on a screen above the bar. This shows a number above each person’s head, representing their place in the queue, and it even displays an estimated time until they’ll be able to order their drinks.

In addition to checking the screen to see who’s next in line, bar staff will have an iPad that tells them who to serve. The AI can also identify customers who look under-age, informing the staff if they need to ask for ID or if they’ve already been checked. Patrons will also see if they’re going to be age-checked, allowing them to have some identification ready for when it’s their turn. User data is deleted locally and from the cloud at the end of every night.

The technology has been on trial at the 5cc Harrild & Sons bar in London, “where locals have benefited from speedier serving times and no confusion over who’s next during peak periods.”

Other in-development functions include the ability for customers to reorder drinks while still in the queue, and a “FaceTab” feature that only allows certain faces to order drinks on a particular tab.

With Brits estimated to spend more than two months queuing for drinks over the course of their lifetimes, this has the potential to become a popular part of many bars. It requires a standard webcam, display screen, and internet connection, and will cost landlords £199 ($240) per month.

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[Jeff Re]

Because heaven forbid we ever discipline anyone!

 

[wiyosaya]

I wonder if it also counts the number of drinks each patron has and then shuts them off when they have had "enough"? That would probably reduce bar fights, too!

 

[Ravey]

I wonder if it also counts the number of drinks each patron has and then shuts them off when they have had "enough"? That would probably reduce bar fights, too!

That's not a bad idea!.. or even a "You now over the limit to drive"

Also setting a "designated driver" recognition where that particular person can get free drinks providing they are alcohol free..

 

[VitalyT]

The A.I. Bar uses facial recognition to place drinkers in a "dynamically intelligent queue."

Except that ordinarily, there is nothing intelligent in that queue. And the only thing dynamic there is degradation.

Cheers!

 

[captaincranky]

So, you can't buy the system, only rent it?

That sounds like another "make me a dot.com billionaire", get rich quick scheme.

As for controlling the drinking, I think they've tried having breathalyzers in bars before. IIRC, people sat around seeing how high they could get their reading to go.

This society, (apparently abroad as well), has become the sickest and most bizarre anyoneI could imagine. Between the AI babysitter in the bar, the cellphone, and everybody in the world trying to take your last dime delivering take out, it gives one pause to wonder, "just how stupid, inbred, self entitled, and lazy,have we become"?

I guess the true measure of today's yuppie amounts to how much money you can piss away on take out food, delivery driver tips, and data overages, while still being able to pay your rent.

 

[wiyosaya]

So, you can't buy the system, only rent it?

That sounds like another "make me a dot.com billionaire", get rich quick scheme.

As for controlling the drinking, I think they've tried having breathalyzers in bars before. IIRC, people sat around seeing how high they could get their reading to go.

This society, (apparently abroad as well), has become the sickest and most bizarre anyoneI could imagine. Between the AI babysitter in the bar, the cellphone, and everybody in the world trying to take your last dime delivering take out, it gives one pause to wonder, "just how stupid, inbred, self entitled, and lazy,have we become"?

I guess the true measure of today's yuppie amounts to how much money you can piss away on take out food, delivery driver tips, and data overages, while still being able to pay your rent.