[NPR] AI can generate recipes that can be deadly. Food bloggers are not happy

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ā€œGoogleā€™s telling people to put gasoline in their pasta," he says.

Oh my. To describe AI as ā€œartificialā€ is correct. To describe AI as ā€œ intelligentā€ is misleading and even dangerous. No guardrails for accuracy or safety at this stage, whatever the topic.

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Iā€™ve always wanted an accurate method for inputting all the ingredients I have on hand and being offered (good, workable) recipes that employ them. I guess I will continue to wait.

Side note: I had no idea how much work went into the recipes on The Woks of Life. I guess that explains why theyā€™ve always worked so well for me!

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Another way the AI overlords will be our demise.

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I thought that was the most interesting part of the article.

I think it may be possible to use EYB that way, to some degree

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Technology such as computer software and AI are only as good as those programming, creating itā€¦and the information used. AI has uses but I wouldnā€™t trust it to make leaps of judgment it simply doesnā€™t have.

AI canā€™t taste, sense or see thingsā€¦so humans will always win out. Part of cooking is of course the recipeā€¦and it might do okay, or not. The other parts or processes include sensing and seeing things, until you have the recipe down rote. Does that look right? I remember my grandmother and mom often saying, you have to keep an eye on it, and donā€™t over cook it because you canā€™t go back. AI canā€™t do either. AI also canā€™t taste test anything it createsā€¦so pass. Thereā€™s also a reason why most or many recipes are vetted and tried out, at least those published.

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AI is basically a word/phrase counting program.
it finds all the internet stuff with specific keywords, then counts the word/phrases in each source, thence deducting the ā€˜the truth is made by the highest word/phrase countā€™

. . . . as more and more examples of ā€œAIā€ continue to point out. . . .

Actually, it is more than that.

Given that AI-generated books recommend deadly mushrooms, this shouldnā€™t surprise anyone.

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I am not sure if you are serious or just joking but if it is serious you are completely wrong

That is why I have never had a fail with them. Same holds true for me with RecipeTinEats where she also does extensive/obsessive testing.

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Oh, I had no reason to trust that site. I will take your word and check it out.

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Im really skeptical of this. Any decent program would exclude non-food items like gasoline and bleach from potential inclusion in recipes. seems like brainless clickbait to me.