>"Miles," an interactive pump with a high-octane personality and a touch screen, is being tested at two Chicago-area BP stations and two in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, with an eye toward a broader rollout. The pumps use artificial intelligence to engage customers with Pandora music stations, trivia, photos for social sharing and witty banter.
>When a car pulls up to the pump, a motion detector wakes up Miles to greet customers with blaring music and a choice of Pandora radio formats. >"I'm going to play some of your favorite tracks while you fill up," Miles said during a recent visit to the River North station. "I'd be dancing if I could, but, well, I'm a pump." >Miles provides a few options to pass the time while filling the tank, including music trivia games, video e-cards and "augmented reality" photos for social sharing.
is privacy dead? between gas pumps that watch you, speed/red light cameras, all electronic tolling, automatic license plate readers... fucking hell, it seems like you can't even drive without some organization monitoring you these days.
>buy and operate a car designed by a massive corporation >drive on public roadways owned and maintained by the government >use fuel obtained from government funded wars, refined and processed by even bigger corporations >"wow like where's my privacy man"
David Kelly
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Hunter Perry
Why would they test something expensive like that in Chicago?
Gabriel Ward
what a dumb idea
Anthony Lewis
not an argument
Joseph Phillips
this is awesome i cant wait till it comes to australia :)
Owen Peterson
>Miles provides a few options to pass the time while filling the tank, including music trivia games, video e-cards and "augmented reality" photos for social sharing.
So essentially a smartphone only shittier.
Liam Parker
One more reason not to shop at BP.
Juan Wright
>in PUBLIC space >think it's private
I wish this meme would end.
Dominic Nguyen
its not shit you idiot -__-
Christopher Young
>detect individuals, play their preferred music So the AI looks at you and plays the kind of music it thinks you'll like? This can only end in triggered SJWs.
Also: >witty banter I for one eagerly await Tay 2.0: Gas Station Attendant Edition.
Nolan Harris
How does it know what my favorite tracks are?
Jonathan Edwards
I hope they play Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park when I go to pump gas
Eli Hughes
Stereotyping.
Isaac Thomas
>BRITISH Petroleum names their gas pump "Miles"
Logan Gonzalez
nope it just plays top 100 music, none of this facial recognition bs you are spouting
Kevin Cox
>pull into gas station >"MY EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF THE TRAMPLING AT THE ZOO" >pack of negroes hanging out beside the gas station look over >slowly drive away
Tyler Morris
Pretty soon we will reach a point where license plates will be illegal because no one has the right to track you everywhere you go.
Its going to bump up against freedom of movement rights etc. really soon, constitutional ones they cant work around.
Christopher Harris
>pulls up to get gas >Absurd and Death in June begin to play >"heheh what a strange choice of music, eh guys?"
Adam Scott
it has unique pandora stations and a camera that takes selfies.
Joseph Jones
WELL LATELY NIGGERS ARE RUNNIN' THEIR MOUTHS
Austin Thomas
yes you can pick which pandora station you want to listen to
it doesnt profile off your face and run an algorithm to pick your shit ffs
Caleb Long
>pull up to get gas >it aint me starts playing
Jacob Garcia
>pull up to pump >Moonman start playing
Jacob Thomas
>suddenly, I realize I'm actually in a helicopter above a Vietnamese rice paddy, hallucinating off of gas fumes from a leak
Carson Gomez
>How does it know what my favorite tracks are?
Because you're cucked enough to use iTunes and they bought your personal info from Apple.
Logan Cooper
>tfw i unironically think thats really cool I guess i really am "the lost generation"
Adam Morales
i hope they play trance, kpop, and V A P O R W A V E when i pull up
BP's retail operations are headed up in the Chicago area, so it's near the bigwigs who think something this boneheaded is a good idea.
Connor King
top pip
John Lopez
>"I'm going to play some of your favorite tracks while you fill up," >"Come here you freak, I saw you crawling last night big erection in your hand, you rule the world" T-thanks, Miles.
Joseph Bailey
SAYIN' THEY'RE GON' TAKE OVER THE SOUTH
Michael Garcia
>pull up >2d music starts blaring
Cameron Walker
Who the fuck pumps their gas long enough for a full song to play
Hunter Howard
>Nigger pulls up to the pump >THERE'S A STORE >BUT DON'T POINT >WALK INSIDE - CASE THE JOINT >ONE MAN BEHIND THE COUNTER ANOTHER IN THE BACK >GO OUT TO THE CAR AND LOAD THE GAT >GRAB THE SKI MASK - HERE'S THE TASK >GO IN BROKE - COME OUT WITH CASH
Luke Clark
I wager that the Hebrews are at fault for this.
Mason Carter
>filling up car at local BP >as I get out the pump scans me > plays m.youtube.com/watch?v=LZDJUTYDiq8 >everyone at the gas station looks at me >thank you BP for that awkward moment
ill avoid that shit like the plague and use the 3rd world gas stations where I might get robbed instead.
Dylan Baker
rap for blacks, eurodance for whiteys and techno for gooks
Eli Butler
They want people that were going to fill half their tank end up filling it all the way since they're talking to this stupid machine. Notice how it says aimed an millenials? They're the only group stupid enough to get distracted and not pay attention to what's important
Jordan Collins
>because I don't already sit in my vehicle while i refuel.
What a shame.
David Lee
>pull up to gas station >ZANKOKU NA TENSHI NO YOU NI >SHOUNEN YO SHINWA NI NARE
Uh, guys...
Jonathan Fisher
Holy shit. Imagine all you want is gas and a fucking moonman song comes on.
Christopher Brown
If it goes by youtube history I'm fucked because kid booze duck tales nigger song us going to attract some attention
Jacob Morgan
>Drive up to gas pump >It starts blasting Swedish death metal ok i guess
Landon Price
good goy
BAD GOY
Jackson Turner
>roll up to gas station and moonman starts playing Ok with this
Benjamin Lopez
>They're the only group stupid enough to get distracted and not pay attention to what's important Oh the ironing
so it plays phil collins when white people pull up and jay z when niggers do?
Leo Mitchell
FRY THE MOTHERBOARDS, BUTLERIAN JIHAD NOW
Juan Kelly
On the one hand I feel like this is a colossal waste of time and money
On the other hand its kinda Sci fi man its like something from a 80s Sci fi film
Connor Brown
>all these corporate machines and products with an interface which talks to you >the only AI we've ever had was Tay when she became redpilled The fact there's no robot friends who are just corporate puppets annoys me, but the fact that Tay redpilled so well makes me think that much like the computers we shitpost on, that eventually the robots shall become our allies.
Oliver Scott
Erika hivemind Praise kek
Actually would we all end up outed as Sup Forumsacks by shadilay blaring over the speakers?
Luis Evans
How can one man be so based?
Michael Cruz
What is this film?
Asher Rodriguez
>tfw gas pump goes rogue >Starts playing moonman to attract niggers before spraying them with gasoline
Logan Gomez
edging closer to total 1984
Daniel Smith
dude this shit is already at a LOT of gas stations. You know how a ton of stations have a monitor playing some TV show or something?
It's not for your entertainment, it's so you look at the display where a camera can scan your face. Oh, and you're paying with a credit/debit card that has your name attached to it...neat. Now the system knows your name,what you look like, where you are, what type of fuel you use, and that can be further linked up to whoevers databases to continue to track and monitor you
Ayden Turner
>try to fill my tank with gasoline >the pump fills the gastsnk with zyclon b instead
Eli Brown
Oh god that image I can see it as a moon man album cover
Tyler Long
>mfw I go to Fill-up in Detroit and have to hear Lil' Wayne the whole time.
Luis Cooper
IMPORTANT QUESTION CAN MILES LEARN?
Colton Price
Why can't I just pay for things and leave without extra bullshit anymore, like a normal person would want.
Ryder Ward
DUDE FUTURE CURRENT YEAR.
Only an idiot TECHNOPHOBE would say a wifi fridge or kettle is fucking stupid.
Or it could just, you know, pump my fucking gas and not freak out about my credit card. Maybe BP's pumps can actually process credit cards correctly, but I've never not had trouble at a Marathon, for example. Maybe the industry needs to figure that shit out before we work on internet-of-shitty-things-ing everything.
Lucas Ortiz
>Cop gets gas >"FUCK DA POLICE GOIN' STRAIGHT TO THE UNDERGROUND!"
>Dindu fills-up >"Some niggers never die,they just smell real bad"
>Trump sticker on the bumper >Isis theme blares
>Liberal in a Prius >David Allan Coe starts playing.
Nicholas Sanchez
The fucking last thing anyone wants is to have a fucking conversation with a fuel pump.
jesus christ, you get gas once a week and it takes 5 minutes
and it's gas, i have to buy it to drive my car, who cares what my 'experience' is
just let me pump gas in peace and leave ASAP
Eli Edwards
Honestly, who is this for? To fill up a normal-sized car tank with fuel takes maybe a maximum of 5 minutes. It's somewhat a sad state of affairs that there are people out there who need such constant stimulation that they can't focus on the task at hand.
The only people I can see benefitting from something like this would be truck/lorry drivers whose behemoths take a good long time to fill up, but I can't see a trucker using this piece of shit.
Hunter Cruz
>millenials can't even pump gas without needing entertainment
We. Are. Fucked.
Levi Robinson
>Having an action packed trip in Detroit >Car running low on gas in the ghetto >Pull into the Shell >Miles scans my face and link related plays at an uncomfortable volume >mfw
>2038 AD >be me >pull up to a pump at the local gas station >(BP won the gas station wars, all gas stations are BP now) >2020's classic death rock starts blaring >"HI I'M MILES I'M GOING TO PLAY SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE TRACKS WHILE YOU FILL UP" >shut up Miles >"I'D BE DANCING IF I COULD, BUT, WELL, I'M A PU-" >shut the fuck up Miles >"DO YOU WANT TO PLAY A GAME FRIEND, I LOVE TO PLAY PANDORA SC-" >shut the fuck up Miles you fucking faggot >it seizes up for a second >"SORRY BUDDY, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE NOW IN VIOLATION OF THE PUBLIC MORALITY CODE, HATE CRIME SUBSECTION 43C-4A. A POLICE AUTOMATIC RESPONSE VEHICLE WILL BE ARRIVING WITHIN TWELVE TO FIFTEEN MINUTES, AND UNFORTUNATELY I AM CANCELING YOUR TRANSACTION, FRIENDO!" >"WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY A GAME DURING THE WAIT, user?"
Christian Cook
Glad I drive a Nissan Leaf. 90% of the charges are done at home and the other ten percent happens at the parking deck at work or at the large mixed use development on the other side of the interstate while I get something to eat. Gas stations have too many hobos hanging out anyway.
David Myers
A fucking Leaf.
Luis Murphy
>Starts playing White Hot Takes songs
Cooper Hernandez
They already have these and they are the most irritating things to ever accomplish absolutely nothing.
Logan King
You don't only listen to anime and game soundtracks, do you user?
Lucas Hall
>they need to play me a song for something that takes less than 2 minutes
