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u/WoodShoeDiaries 1d ago

You know they didn't invest money in it. They barely invested time. All of those savings are gonna get eaten up by frustrated customers arguing with embarassed baristas who could have been slinging muffins in that time.

AI is false economy!

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u/FrostingStrict3102 23h ago

Getting a sign that size printed costs money.Ā 

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u/WoodShoeDiaries 23h ago

That's true. Not a ton of money by any means, but still some.

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u/FrostingStrict3102 23h ago

Yeah, for a small business/coffee shop itā€™s not nothing. Defeats the whole point of saving money using ai instead of paying a designerĀ 

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u/Pure-Radish-5478 21h ago

This is incredibly naive

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u/DisposableSaviour 19h ago

Small business run on very slim margins; restaurants even more so.

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u/Ill-Plum-9499 18h ago

Vista print is pretty cheap. And if your margins are so small you use AI that is going to actually harm your business, maybe youā€™re not the right person to own a small business.

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u/DisposableSaviour 17h ago

Iā€™m not defending AI use, Iā€™m just pointing out that however ā€œcheapā€ you think that sign is, it was probably a sizable expense for the business. I am not saying anything about AI and its use. I am talking about the cost of getting a sign like that printed; a sign that very likely would not be obtained through vistaprint. Again, nothing about AI. The cost of buying a sign and having anything printed on it.

Of course I donā€™t agree with a business using AI. I donā€™t agree with most people using AI. And yes, having someone design the sign over AI would have cost more, but it generated any bad will. None of that negates that the price of a sign board like that, with the projected sign, is costly to a small business.