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Ever since AI entered our lives, many people have been concerned about it eventually taking our jobs. Others see it as just another tool, arguing that human judgment still needs to stay in the loop to check the results and make sure everything actually makes sense.

Whatever the future might bring, people and businesses already use AI for all kinds of everyday tasks, and they do not always use it well. People across the internet are sharing bizarre restaurant food ads that appear to rely heavily on AI-generated images. And in most cases, the results are so grotesque they belong in horror movies.

These examples are a pretty good reminder that AI can generate an image, but it still can’t replace the human touch.

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Starbug
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1 month ago

I don't suffer from trypophobia, but this looks like a diseased bone 🤮

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    Spidercat
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    1 month ago

    🤮

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    Spidercat
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    1 month ago

    What in the Starship Troopers is this shït. Pandas, apologies in advance for the upcoming comments on this list but I'm old and cynical and jaded. I will be using naughty words and I know how to get past the BP word bot...

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    Starbug
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    1 month ago

    TIL dice is vegan!

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    Sara Frazer
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    1 month ago

    360° would take you back to the store 🤣 sorry, I had to...

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    persephone134
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    1 month ago

    This looks like some unsavory picture of a disease, the smallpox or something.

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    Lee Gilliland
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    1 month ago

    Those shrimp look more like maggots.

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    persephone134
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    1 month ago

    The scampi look like donuts.

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    Spidercat
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    Fück right off. That looks like a tümor...

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    Lee Gilliland
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    1 month ago

    Is that tuna, supposedly? Looks like bad felt.

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    moggiemoo
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    1 month ago

    Deep fried breaded bollocks with cráp on top

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    CloPotato
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    1 month ago

    Why does it look like the Brisket fries have a 3D printed fidget net toy on top of it?

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    Jeremy
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    1 month ago

    It looks like it was laid by an undiscovered species of wasp.

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    Lee Gilliland
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    1 month ago

    Again, texture.

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    1 month ago

    Marbles with gravy!

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    Lee Gilliland
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    1 month ago

    The fries are too perfect and the avocado doesn't melt.

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    Fungus John
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    1 month ago (edited)

    looks like that rotten sub that homer eats in the simpsons

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    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    No he didn’t.

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    1 month ago

    I have made a LOT of peanut butter and banana sandwiches in my life and they have never looked like that XD

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    Nikole [8647]
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    1 month ago

    Why is the texture so difficult to render??

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    Rudie Cant Fail
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    1 month ago

    Stop looking at me, eggs

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    Spidercat
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    1 month ago

    Please don't...

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    CloPotato
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    1 month ago

    That gelato looks like yarn

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    perylousdemon
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    1 month ago

    Not nearly as horrifying as the others on this list, IMO

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    Amanda Fondaumiere
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    1 month ago

    Looks like dog food

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    Izzy's Maid
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    1 month ago

    Fart waffles? This is just a joke.

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    Sara Frazer
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    1 month ago

    AAAAAH, AGAIN WITH THE DONUT SHRIMP! 💀

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    Rusty’scate
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    1 month ago

    They are cooking us now!?

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    JL
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    1 month ago

    Well now we know why they use AI.

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    1 month ago

    This is hilarious. And STILL looks better than the purely-AI ones.

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    Lyone Fein
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    1 month ago

    Quilted meat

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    CloPotato
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    1 month ago

    My man's eating like an alleycat dumpster diving in a cartoon.

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    Beak Hookage
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    1 month ago

    eXistenZ is a great movie. Unlike this godawful picture.

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    CloPotato
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    1 month ago

    Ok, but if you can't afford a professional photographer, just take a picture yourself. You can have it touched up by AI if really needed. But no one's looking for the next cover of Vogue while browsing for food. Many restaurants in my town don't even HAVE pictures. Some have pics probably taken on their grandparents' landline phone. It's alright. I want to see what the food looks like, not what a plastic rendition for a playset would look like.

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    CloPotato
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    1 month ago

    Yeah, for a 3-stars it's just wholly unacceptable. Zero excuse not to hire somebody to actually showcase the food rather than insulting your cook.

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    1 month ago

    "$1 taquitos for 7 Eleven Slurpee 60th" is how I read this sign XD

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    Imagine trying to pick that up to take a bite XD All the rice on top would just fall off.

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    I love the cute animals - I draw a lot of anthropomorphic cute animals myself, so I'm a big fan of the style. But there are SO many artists out there who could produce these exact images without the soullessness of AI of the ones above. And not all the artists out there charge megabucks for their art.

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