Robot recipes

Felipe Fernández-Armesto decries cooking by algorithm

“BE KIND TO ALL DUMB animals,” advised the old American newspaper sage, The Cheerful Cherub, And give small birds a crumb;Be kind to human beings, too.They’re sometimes pretty dumb. Here’s a small source of consolation: machines are even dumber. Everyone of real intelligence should reject AI as a nonsensical notion and an impossible aim. Even the dullest of my students distrusts ChatGPT and Claude3. There are AI engines that can paint by numbers, regurgitate language typical of uninventive writers, rehash bits of Mozart into a simulacrum of a symphony and perform other plausible acts of piracy and plagiarism. Writers short of inspiration (or impresarios short of cash) may turn to robots for formulaic output, such as a screenplay for Midsomer Murders or an editorial for the Daily Express. Machines, however,…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2024

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