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Why AI food looks like that
There is a torrent of unappetizing slop coming from restaurants, cafes, and brands that are increasingly turning to AI to generate images promoting their food. The resulting horror show includes donut shrimp, Reubens from the deep, wormlike noodles, and noodle-like pastries and stringy chicken. There's also construction material masquerading as ice cream, ice cream masquerading […] There is a torrent of unappetizing slop coming from restaurants, cafes, and brands that are increasingly turning to AI to generate images promoting their food. The resulting horror show includes donut shrimp , Reubens from the deep , wormlike noodles , and noodle-like pastries and stringy chicken . There's also construction material masquerading as ice cream, ice cream masquerading as brains , and other masonry-adjacent cuisine. I don't even know how to begin describing this monstrous attempt of a burger
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There is a torrent of unappetizing slop coming from restaurants, cafes, and brands that are increasingly turning to AI to generate images promoting their food. The resulting horror show includes donut shrimp, Reubens from the deep, wormlike noodles, and noodle-like pastries and stringy chicken. There's also construction material masquerading as ice cream, ice cream masquerading […] There is a torrent of unappetizing slop coming from restaurants, cafes, and brands that are increasingly turning to AI to generate images promoting their food. The resulting horror show includes donut shrimp , Reubens from the deep , wormlike noodles , and noodle-like pastries and stringy chicken . There's also construction material masquerading as ice cream, ice cream masquerading as brains , and other masonry-adjacent cuisine. I don't even know how to begin describing this monstrous attempt of a burger
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According to The Verge’s source item, Why AI food looks like that, There is a torrent of unappetizing slop coming from restaurants, cafes, and brands that are increasingly turning to AI to generate images promoting their food. The resulting horror show includes donut shrimp, Reubens from the deep, wormlike noodles, and noodle-like pastries and stringy chicken. There’s also construction material masquerading as ice cream, ice cream masquerading […] There is a torrent of unappetizing slop coming from restaurants, cafes, and brands that are increasingly turning to AI to generate images promoting their food. The resulting horror show includes donut shrimp , Reubens from the deep , wormlike noodles , and noodle-like pastries and stringy chicken . There’s also construction material masquerading as ice cream, ice cream masquerading as brains , and other masonry-adjacent cuisine. I don’t even know how to begin describing this monstrous attempt of a burger
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