Eli Feldman runs Shy Bird, a restaurant with three locations in Boston. He’s also a tech early adopter and excited (and curious!) about how AI can reshape restaurants. In this episode, we talk about Eli’s recent AI hackathon for restaurants, what tools he finds especially useful, and how we might all reimagine the future of restaurants.
Topic Time Stamps:
1:30: Welcome back! And a Welcome Conference debrief
10:30: Welcome, Eli + all about the recent AI in restaurants hackathon he hosted in Boston (and why last-minute scheduling works great for a restaurant crowd)
13:55: What’s broken in modern restaurants? What needs to be addressed?
16:56: Why thinking about AI as a replacement for people is the wrong idea
23:51: Cool AI idea: custom GPTs for menu development
27:41: How Eli encourages AI use at Shy Bird…
30:28: …and why some of the best tools for restaurants are not built specifically for restaurants
35:43: Do you have concerns about privacy or proprietary data?
38:39: Why the internet (and we) need a better classification system for restaurants
