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Uncanny and unappetizing: appetites spoil as AI images take over food menus

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Consumers are increasingly encountering AI-generated images on food menus, such as leathery meat and bread resembling reptile skin. Jill Sennett, a 37-year-old nurse in Denver, shared AI menu images from a Jamaican barbecue pop-up restaurant with her 26,000 X followers, and they were reshared by more than 500 people who expressed disgust. She called the shift to uncanny food images a bad cultural development for an essential human experience.

SourceThe Guardian AIAuthor: Lisa Bonos
Uncanny and unappetizing: appetites spoil as AI images take over food menus
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Consumers are increasingly encountering AI-generated images on food menus such as leathery meat and bread resembling reptile skin

During a recent lunch break, Jill Sennett saw something so unappetizing she had to share it with her 26,000 X followers: Artificial intelligence-generated menu images from a Jamaican barbecue pop-up restaurant in which the meats looked like leather belts crawling with tiny beetles.

The images were reshared by more than 500 people who similarly expressed their disgust. Eating is “such an essential human experience”, said Sennett, a 37-year-old nurse in Denver. “I think it’s a bad cultural thing that restaurants are converting to these horrific, uncanny food images that are unappetizing.”

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  • AI-generated menu images are becoming widespread but often look unappetizing.
  • A Denver nurse's post about AI images of meat resembling beetle-covered leather belts drew hundreds of disgusted reactions.
  • Critics argue the trend reflects poorly on restaurants and undermines the human experience of eating.

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