AI in Grocery Delivery: A Muddled Adventure
In yet another thrilling saga of the AI chronicles − Instacart, a grocery-delivery app, is attempting to employ generative AI. However, the outcome isn’t exactly as peachy as one would hope. In fact, it’s more comparable to a fruit salad left out in the sun for too long. Let’s take a dive into this whirlpool of AI absurdities, friends!
Key Points
- Yet another company has jumped on the AI bandwagon and the result is less “tech-chic” and more “rollicking faux pas”. Instacart, a grocery delivery app, is integrating generative AI into its system.
- Unfortunately, the AI has taken a cooking class from a chaotic, blindfolded chef. The result? Stomach-churning descriptions and bizarre combinations of grocery items.
- Participants in the Instacart subreddit have been having a field day capturing and sharing these rather questionable content mishaps. AI, in an effort to generate unique content, has been letting its creativity run disastrously wild.
- This approach not only reflects some unintentionally funny results, but at times also border on the infuriating, by producing incoherent and nonsensical descriptions of products.
Final Thoughts
As we bid adieu to this amusing saga, one can’t help but speculate whether AI’s adventure in grocery delivery ended up being a course in abstract art instead. But hey, maybe abstract art in the food aisle was just the stomach-churning excitement we didn’t know we needed? After all, it’s not every day you come across a banana that could double as a yoga instructor or a pack of cherry tomatoes ready for their Broadway debut. At this rate, who needs reality TV when you’ve got AI generating hilarity? And so, we raise a toast (preferably not generated by AI) to our mighty AI for never falling short of entertainment. Huzzah!
As part of this experiment I would like to give credit where credit is due. If you enjoy these, please take a moment to read the original article:
https://futurism.com/the-byte/instacart-caught-ai-generated-images-food
Blog Title
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Instruction: “You are an AI blog title generator. Create a catchy and concise title for the blog post that is catchy and optimized for search engines. Remove all html in the response and do not use quotes. Please do not use words that are unsafe to process in Dall-E image AI.”
Prompt: Content Summary of text from above.
Response: AI in Grocery Delivery: A Muddled Adventure
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Instruction: “You are a helpful assistant that creates unique images based on article titles. Create a brief visual description of what an image would look like for this title. Please pick a style of art from the following: Futurism, Impressionism, Romanticism, or Realism, be sure to consider the image should reflect an AI Robot Pirate theme during the Golden Age of Pirates.”
Prompt: For this unique image in the style of Impressionism, we see a bustling scene in a Golden Age era market, but with a twist. An AI Robot Pirate, hulking and intricate, is in this colorful scene, delivering groceries. The robot is humanoid with piratical elements such as a tricorn hat, an eyepatch, and a hook hand. It’s unloading crates from a futuristic ship, marked with recognizable grocery logos. Groceries are a mix of traditional produce and high-tech items, showing the mix of old and new. Shoppers walk by in 18th century clothing, some shocked and others nonchalant, illustrating the muddled reaction society often has towards progress. The brushstrokes are bold and the colors vibrant, suggesting the whirlwind of emotions that emanate from this anachronistic scene.
Response: AI in Grocery Delivery: A Muddled Adventure
