Recently, I was scrolling through Instagram and I saw a post from a disappointed “X” user about how they asked ChatGPT how much longer their cake needed in the oven by showing it a picture and ChatGPT gave them wrong information that ended up burning the cake.

Another user criticized them and pointed out how they easily could’ve used the “toothpick test” and pointed out how AI can’t tell how much longer your cake needs through the phone.

At first, I thought this was just one lazy person who relied on AI for something as trivial as baking a cake. But as I swiped through the thread, I realized that this is a common practice and it made me irrationally angry. Or maybe it was rational.

You see, a big fear about the use of AI is that it will take jobs and replace humans. Usually, people relate this to jobs that are more common and are already starting to implement AI. But with people now using it for recipes, something that has been around for years, it makes me wonder how it will affect jobs such as chefs and recipe-makers.

Some people have dedicated their careers to creating vegan, gluten free, or healthier meals using their knowledge in the kitchen, and now it may become obsolete because we now rely on AI for everything. 

Besides, where do you think ChatGPT is getting these recipes from?

Above all, I think we have gotten extremely lazy. Instead of doing the research and getting recipes from people who are vegan or have celiac disease first hand, we instead turn to AI, which does NOT know what works and what doesn’t because it does not have a stomach. Doesn’t that just sound ridiculous? 

Recipes are something that can be passed down from generation to generation, usually relying on the basics in the kitchen or comforting dinners, and have been curated by real human beings, yet we are still too lazy to follow simple instructions.

And even if you don’t have any family recipes to rely on, a quick google search is so much easier and so much better because again, it’s a recipe made by real human beings with real taste buds and stomachs. Not to mention, many recipe blogs and pages have comment sections that can allow users to share more about the recipe and what does and doesn’t work. 

You can call me dramatic if you want, but these are early signs of AI slowly taking over and eliminating human interaction. Not only in real life, but online as well.