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AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.
She was frustrated. AJ was disheartened. “I want people to come to our restaurant, but, like, why is this such a big deal that it influences people on such intense level,” Lyndsey Lozano said. “Like, is it really that horrific that you have to act on such a feeling?”
They’ve really catered AI slop to the mindless masses eh? Not even an iota of an idea of why people could possibly hate the usage of AI this intensely. Smh.
It's kinda interesting tho.
Putting images from google or another restaurant is obviously wrong because it makes a misleading menu, they know it's wrong because they aren't trying that, but they also think same act is totally fine if they simply add AI.
The AI food on the poster looks absolutely horrifying, especially that "slaw" and "pulled pork". Why would anyone think people would find that appetizing or draw anyone inside? Even if it didn't look fake like plastic toy food, people want to see photos of the actual food you are selling, not a bizarre "concept" of the food. Huge mistake but the fact that they still don't understand why people reacted negatively is not a good sign for their business.
They got some company to do this. AI generated and no one with artistic training to vet it before delivery.
Stellantis did the same thing with AI generated ads for RAM trucks that generated images of Toyota trucks, US flag with 40 stars, which may be accurate in a few years.
Higher-res photo:
That didn't look so bad lo-res, but up close it does look pretty freakish!
Especially that pulled pork with slaw. I wouldn't get near that thing if it were real.
That was my thought too. Low res some things looked a bit off, but high res is a mixture of gross and creepy.
As the owner, how would you see that and think that it'd make people come in to eat?
the pulled pork has 6 fingers.
The breads look like they have lizard skin.
Trypophobia Foccacia
The foccacia and the slaw give me the heebie jeebies!
Oh GOD.
I haven't had my appetite ruined that quickly in a very long time
It’s so interesting that the people who love this shit and embrace it wholeheartedly don’t understand why it’s so upsetting. I mean this example in particular, good god.
I wish we had more discussion on here where we put our frustration aside and actually interrogate what the disconnect is, because I can’t place it for the life of me. Intelligent people fall into this, people who had good taste too. I don’t understand
Looks bad and is soulless
The article says that they have 3 kids under the age of 5. I'm gonna be charitable and say that the stress of parenting may have impaired their judgment.
Not a great time to be opening a restaurant tbh
Lol there's just a branch of Rosemary on that.
That would be awful
Rosemary is my favorite herb, but if I saw that photo, I might think it looks like a decent sandwich, but I definitely wouldn't want a woody branch of rosemary as a topping. That would make me NOT order it.
The crust of the bread looks like snakeskin
That weird texture is on everything
AI generated food imagery looks so unappealing, disgusting even
The poster was meant to be temporary, she said, as they’ve been busy caring for their three kids — all under the age of 5 — while opening the restaurant. They didn’t even have a sign yet.
OK, I get it, but you're still cooking the food. How hard is it to snap a few photos with a smartphone camera?
For now, they’ve strung LED lights in the window and stuck their pastry display in the middle for all to see Lyndsey’s homemade treats.
Now see that's what they should have done in the first place.
After reading the entire article, they seem like OK people who made a bad decision. Hopefully things work out.
The temporary shit is always the excuse when they receive backlash over it.
They’re just full of shit and hoped they’d get away with it.
Yeah seems like they're understanding that people don't like AI at least.
Isn't that illegal, as in there are rules around food advertisements and the food must be "real" to some extent.
Okay, so what authority is going to come into the shop and close it down, or arrest somebody for it?
Absolutely nobody, that's who.
In Quebec, they have a law that the French verbage on a sign has to be at least twice the size of anything in English, and they have authorities who walk around with a ruler, and literally measure the lettering on signs, and issuing tickets.
That's NEVER going to happen in America.
Food pictures are supposed to represent the food you offer. An AI image isn't the food the customer will be getting. It's straight up dishonest, and when you put it in the front window, you've lied to your customer before they've even walked in the door. Not a good start.
I've owned restaurants before, and I've always fought with partners and investors about having photos of the food on the walls. It never looks like the actual product, and it only causes customers to do comparisons, and in most cases, the actual product will look worse. You don't want your customers looking at perfectly good food, and thinking it's shitty because it doesn't look like the perfectly photographed product shot on the wall.
How difficult is it to snap an actual pic of the food you make???
they might not even make it, or the actual food isnt that good.
They hadn’t made any food, and it doesn’t sound like they ever made this food. They hired chefs after they opened to make smash burgers… fml like if they even had any idea what food was this wouldn’t have happened.
They wanted to open a business, they probably just asked an LLM for a [target audienece] selection of foods and that was it. Probably a deserved indictment
We all hate AI, why is that so hard for people to understand? Don't use it, stop using it. If it's not for a niche scientific study for the betterment of mankind, then fucking do it yourself.
Oh good Lord, those images looked creepy as hell. The pulled pork looked like it was covered with multi-colored maggots.
She was frustrated. AJ was disheartened. “I want people to come to our restaurant, but, like, why is this such a big deal that it influences people on such intense level,” Lyndsey Lozano said. “Like, is it really that horrific that you have to act on such a feeling?”
Yeah. Don't use the hell-lie machine. Easy.
Perhaps the sudden loss of a neighborhood staple — Citrus Club was open for decades and frequented for its cheap noodles and creative cocktails — made it hard to win favor with the tight-knit community.
Really? That's the author's take on why people might not like the use of AI?
I can see the connection if you judge it as a leap from a human, down to earth restaurant to the souless, AI driven slop factory that this new restaurant seemed to want to brand itself as.
Its like if you had a really good friend you haven't talked to for a few years and then randomly find out they are now a MAGA tech bro.
The level of delusion in this owner is beyond belief, let this be a reminder that most people in business have no fucking clue what they're doing.
There are AI menus everywhere in Spain. I fucking hate them. Nobody cares :(
Who the shit looked at that and thought "yeah that'll push our product"?