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Igel

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13. Yup. Lots of noise on the Internet.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 12:33 PM

Jun 2025

Keep telling my high school students that "AI" most often stands for "artificial idiocy" or "anti-intelligence."

What we get in the media is strongly filtered by presenter bias. We hear about this example of X, but not counter examples; or we hear about this success, not the 23 failures. (Or conversely, the failure, but not the 23 successes.)

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I'm noticing that in recipes on the internet [View all] applegrove Jun 2025 OP

Possibility AI generated recipes. Pardon the pun... littlemissmartypants Jun 2025 #1

That's my first thought. SheltieLover Jun 2025 #3

AI. No one is writing them.... viva la Jun 2025 #2

Probably AI slop. Ocelot II Jun 2025 #4

I've learned not to trust recipes that don't have a comments section. Basso8vb Jun 2025 #5

Comments can be AI-generated, too. BadgerKid Jun 2025 #16

This explains why all of my smoothies are the consistency of Kool-Aid. Xavier Breath Jun 2025 #6

I definitely JBTaurus83 Jun 2025 #7

Use the app 'CopyMeThat' dlbell Jun 2025 #10

Thanks for the suggestion JBTaurus83 Jun 2025 #14

The old Betty Crocker cookbook is now completely online jmowreader Jun 2025 #18

Just for giggles, I asked ChatGPT to write a recipe for turnip creme brulee. Ocelot II Jun 2025 #8

Hilarious JBTaurus83 Jun 2025 #9

The broccoli-rhubarb pie sounds awesome, too. Ocelot II Jun 2025 #17

I often come across recipes for smoothies or herbal "cures" that call for lemon, but Sogo Jun 2025 #11

Me too. applegrove Jun 2025 #12

Yup. Lots of noise on the Internet. Igel Jun 2025 #13

Be especially wary of home remedies for hemorrhoids found on the internet. Kaleva Jun 2025 #15

This sort of thing is now all done by "AI", and it's almost always wrong. mucholderthandirt Jun 2025 #19