AI is now answering the phone at dozens of SF restaurants

At Burma Love on Valencia Street, a phone that used to ring dozens of times per shift with patrons calling to inquire about reservations or private events has gone all but silent. 

Until recently, that would have been an ominous sign of a restaurant on life support. But in the case of Burma Love — and a fast-growing list of other San Francisco restaurants — it’s because a human-sounding, AI-powered robot is answering calls instead. 

Burma Love, at its locations on Valencia and in…