AI garbage bin costs the City of Saskatoon $26,000 — Buffalo Roundtable reacts
On Wednesday’s Buffalo Roundtable livestream, Sheila Gunn Reid and Lise Merle reacted to 'Oscar Sort', its abysmal accuracy record, and the abysmal bill that came with it.
The City of Saskatoon has acquired an AI-powered garbage can called “Oscar Sort,” for which taxpayers paid over $26,000. The device, which prompts people to put their garbage in the right slot, only has a 37.6% accuracy rate, reports the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
On Wednesday’s Buffalo Roundtable livestream, Sheila Gunn Reid and Lise Merle reacted to “Oscar Sort” and its abysmal accuracy record — and the abysmal bill that came with it.
“This is where your tax dollars are going,” said Lise. “We absolutely don’t need this.”
“You already know where to put your stuff. You already know, you don’t need the robot to help you,” said Sheila. “You already know where you put your stuff — and if you’re like me, you don’t.”
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Tom Szuba commented 2025-11-03 09:15:33 -0500Does NOBODY test this crap out, read the paperwork or get performance guarantees before committing tax $ to somewhat useless ideas without any consequence for failure? Start firing ppl for these failures and cut their gold plated pensions to base level and they will snap to attention. Being self employed for 30+ yrs, failure was never an option. In Govt, failure is ALWAYS an option. It’s time govt was accountable instead of “Try to fire me and see what happens.” -
Bernhard Jatzeck commented 2025-11-02 00:42:51 -0400Was this an attempt to build a Saskatoon Dalek?
