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nixCraft 🐧

Good God. A restaurant uses AI to generate menu and this is what it reads.

Source: Restaurants shouldn't use AI for description https://old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1lzmx3o/restaurants_shouldnt_use_ai_for_description/

Jul 15 at 10:35amWeb
Show threadSidheWolfJul 15
@nixCraft do you know for sure that this is not deep-fried chickenpox pops? Some of these ghost restaurants are slinging some real sketchy food these days. πŸ˜†πŸ’€
Show threadAI cringeJul 15
@nixCraft 🀣
Show threadTrinsecJul 15
@nixCraft I disagree! Restaurants using AI shows me exactly which ones not to visit!
Show threadCats Who Draw Jul 15
@nixCraft UGH WTF NO
Show threadDaveJul 15
@nixCraft as a recovering chef, fuck off, this is bullshit.
Show threadRAMΞNJVNKIΞ🍜Jul 15

@nixCraft Why have a Chicken Pops party with your kids when you can just door dash it and avoid the germs?

The other germs...

Wait....

Show threadPaul Gill Rider πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦Jul 15
@nixCraft @TheBreadmonkey Wonder how it would describe chilli dogs or sloppy joes?
Show threadTodd BeeJul 15
@nixCraft Welp, it's not completely wrong. I have 2 kids, and chicken pops/popcorn chicken is literally the only thing they eat, so yes, common in childhood. πŸ€ͺ πŸ™ƒ
Show threadperspectivetJul 15
@toddalio @nixCraft it appears your children have trained you well.
Show threadTodd BeeJul 15
@perspectivet You know it! I've seen mules less stubborn than my eldest. πŸ€¦β€β™€οΈ
Show threadbent0_b0x πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸͺJul 15
@nixCraft i love chicken pox! much better than measles with mayonaise.
Show threadGabriele Marcosanti Jul 15
@nixCraft kind of reminds me about of this story: (see img)
Something interesting if not straight hilarious might come out if jointed.
Show threaddigital_bohemianJul 15

@nixCraft

Ah, who doesn't like stuffing their face with some fresh itchy, blister-like bumps?

Of course, they have to be covered with tasty #gravy.

Show threadroot42Jul 15
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Show threadFandaSinJul 15

@root42

Now I am laughing really hard, you made my day!πŸ˜‚
Thank you!πŸ‘

@nixCraft

Show thread.Jul 15
@nixCraft

Yeah, there's no resturant doing this. This is a human-made shitpost.
Show threadcognitively accessible mathJul 15
@nixCraft a pox on AI!
Show threadRΓ©mi CardonaJul 15

@nixCraft just take a quick look at the background video on this restaurant's website

https://www.muqam.resto-ouighour.fr/

the more you look...

Welcome !

Show threadπŸŒˆπŸ“πŸ₯§ Ο€ πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆJul 16
@remi I noped right on out of there super fast. 😬
Show threadRΓ©mi CardonaJul 16
@CasualPiDay ikr πŸ˜‚
Show threadChad McCulloughJul 15
@nixCraft Listen, like so many, I HATE the use of AI in everything, but I don't think this is real. What restaurant would do this and then actually print it in their menu?
Show threadYohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta μ‚¬μš”ν•œπŸ¦£Jul 15
@cmccullough You'd be surprised, they exist long before AI existed. 😝 @nixCraft
Show threadChad McCulloughJul 15
@youronlyone @nixCraft But what restaurant would actually put this in their menu? Well, I mean, what restaurant that wants to stay open would actually put this in their menu?
Show threadPheonixJul 15
@cmccullough @youronlyone @nixCraft I don't think this is the restaurant's thing. The app used, has millions of restaurants partners signed with it. These range from 5 star cuisines to literal roadside vendors who someone helped make an account. Most don't speak english, don't need to either. So this is most probably Zomato (the app) taking their single picture of each dish and running it through their AI tools to extrapolate a description so their app listing looks "professional".
Show threadYohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta μ‚¬μš”ν•œπŸ¦£Jul 15
@pheonix A very good point! @cmccullough @nixCraft
Show threadChad McCulloughJul 15
@pheonix @youronlyone @nixCraft Ah, yes, good point.
Show threadΞ£(iΒ³) = (Ξ£i)Β²Jul 15
@pheonix
There probably was a description in the original. It probably was in Telugu or Malayalam or one of those languages that are spoken in India by more native speakers than, say, Italian but are virtually unknown in the West. This is obviously a translation that somehow found "chicken pox" and just used it. The regular customers don't look at the English and the chef cooks and doesn't do IT and they just threw a couple rupees at some guy so they can be "online". I don't think this really is about AI other than that ai-based translations have gotten so good that most of the time you can just use them and they generally get the gist pretty well right...
@cmccullough @youronlyone @nixCraft
Show threadYohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta μ‚¬μš”ν•œπŸ¦£Jul 15

@cmccullough Either it was intentional and they have a theme, or no one checked.

The latter happens like this:

1. People who don't know how to properly use the technology copy-pasted without checking their work. Then someone higher in the chain was too lazy to check, and the manager/director trusts them a lot they signed it off without checking.

Or,

2. They're an SME (small to medium enterprise), "oh, wow, AI is cool", they didn't bother checking the result. πŸ˜‚

Even before AI these funny errors were already happening. Unless it was intentional because they have a theme or event or private reservation. (Maybe it isn't in the West, especially in monolingual countries or predominantly English-speaking countries.)

The image in the OP can be fake/meme or was actually real. As crazy as it is.

Oh. One more thing, cultural considerations. In some cultures, they don't want to see that, but in some, they find it hilarious though sick (no pun intended), and won't be corrected until someone makes an issue about it. πŸ˜‰

@nixCraft

Show threadΞ£(iΒ³) = (Ξ£i)Β²Jul 15
@youronlyone
They're asking for Indian rupees, so this is in India somewhere. Some hole-in-the-wall, took a picture of some dishes; they didn't even have a table cloth for the picture. The price is about ~$2.50 so this isn't exactly the Bombay Yacht Club here. Someone ran the (handwritten scribble) dish name through a translator and that picked up on "chicken pox" and nobody in the chain speaks enough English to second-guess the translation. Welcome to any of the second-tier cities in India (or even just off-the-main-road in one of the first-tier cities)
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@cmccullough @nixCraft
Show threadPhillyinfloridaJul 15
@nixCraft Hahaha! That's hysterical!
Show threadGustavoJul 15
@nixCraft Well, reminds me that I got so annoyed last week about by recently-bought keyboard having an issue and the store support chat being just an AI chatbot that I wrote some code to automatically chat with this bot, until it suddenly ended and it looks a human took its place. I guess I exhausted its quota. They said "your messages with our AI look estrange" to which I replied "which AI? you said before I'm was chatting with a real person called Julia! if I wanted to talk with an AI would go to an AI, not a store support chat". It looks like they didn't re-enable that AI later. 
Show threadTor Iver WilhelmsenJul 15
@qgustavor @nixCraft Β«Why do I see anchovy pieces in my strawberry smoothie?Β»
Β«Um, I blame the AI we asked for recipes.Β»
Show threadDrew Crecente (they/them)Jul 15

@nixCraft

I ❀️ restaurants using #AI for menus & marketing.

It's a glimpse into what shenanigans they might be up to in the kitchen. 🀒

Show threadSusanne LilithJul 15
@nixCraft AI bereichert uns den Speiseplan! 🀒
Show threadTheDeathOfLaughterJul 15
@nixCraft This is the only AI I'm here for.
Show threadSerge from BabkaJul 15

@nixCraft

Yum!

Show threadResolviendo la incógnita 🌐Jul 15
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Show threadRachel RawlingsJul 15
@nixCraft Give em a break. They just hung out their shingle!
Show threadMarlene DeepdishJul 15
@nixCraft Huh. Back in my day they were free. Inflation really is out of control.
Show threadLostintheMtsJul 15
@nixCraft tasty
Show threadMehrkornJul 15
@nixCraft Reminds me of an auto-translated Turkish cookbook years ago. The recipes contained phrases like "wash yourself", "add a cook who stirs for five minutes" and "serve him hot".
Show threadTom BortelsJul 15

@nixCraft

Probably not AI, just human dumbness.

Someone typed "chicken pops" into google, and google quite reasonably said "do you mean 'chicken pox'?" And gave that short description. The person who posted likely didn't speak English at all and simply copy-pasted the result. It's a common failure mode on menus.

Show threadPatrick Morris MillerJul 15
@nixCraft s/for description//
Show threadSassinake! - βŠƒβˆͺ∩βͺ½Jul 15

@nixCraft

hahahahahahahhaahahahaha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Show threadΧ©Χ•Χ§Χ• - ShokoJul 15

@nixCraft

Oh

Show threadRobinJul 15
@nixCraft served in a greasy cardboard box by a server named stu, who hasn't washed his hands all week!
Show threadLouieJul 15
@nixCraft AI has been highly beneficial for many reasons! It has provided help to those in need of inspiration, helping me to move past "writer's block" and complete writing a song, as well as offering support in times of struggle/confusion (especially when writing an email with a passive-aggressive tone). THIS is not one of those times πŸ˜‚
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@nixCraft Does that come with dipping sauce? Medicated dipping sauce?
Show threadπŸŒˆπŸ“πŸ₯§ Ο€ πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆJul 16
@pattykimura calamine lotion? IIRC, it’s such a lovely pink shade and chalky texture😐
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@CasualPiDay lol!
Show threadIhuoma ❀️Jul 15
@nixCraft This is so funny πŸ˜‚ .
Show threadGhostOnTheHalfShellJul 15

@nixCraft

The terminator franchise talks about this devilishly sophisticated artificial intelligence..

The reality is it kills us in darkness

Show threadConfident SecurityJul 15
@nixCraft Taking hallucinations to a whole new level!
Show threadcedill-aride soleil du sudJul 15
@nixCraft   
mnom mnom mnom mnom  
Show threadSchroedingerJul 15
@nixCraft But, yes, we should totally let this run our military. No problems there.
Show threadNinad PundalikJul 17
@nixCraft are you sure that the restaurant enlisted the ai services and not the menu listing/online ordering service involved here? :)
Show threadsamiamsam1d ago

@nixCraft

WOW