[SECProto]

Was there some other short story about a similar concept (AI managed fast food workers)? Something by Stallman or Doctorow maybe? I have vague deja-vu at that story, but from much longer ago than 2017, when Manna was published.

[hnick]

It's from 2003. I guess the copyright notice became a hassle to update after 2017 :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manna_(novel)

[SECProto]

That explains it, thanks!