AI Comes for the If Statement

Working in the back of a grocery store has its own set of rules : if the food is a banana, send it to produce ; if it is a cookie, the snack aisle ; if it is cumin, shelve it with the spices.

But what if the load of bananas has spoiled, the cookies have crumbled & the cumin is caked? These rules & exceptions govern every grocery store & neighborhood mart. At the beginning they are rigid ; over time, more exceptions are discovered : is that a plantain? Dubai chocolate : dessert or baking supply?

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