Ugh. I get it: Getting cross-list, cross-spreadsheet math that coordinates the workflow is handy. Having a brainstorming tool in a high-chaos environment which thwarts thinking...
But ugh.
We are continuously outsourcing our responsibilities, work, and mental effort to black-box machines.
Every AI tool so far only yields reliably useful results when it doesn't matter or when the user already knows *well* how to do what the AI does.
Handing off feeding the family to them... strikes me as foolish. Maybe this go-round it will be different?
I love this! Many people I know batch cook, and we can fall into a rut and eat the save 5 things all the time. Not to mention eating the same meal multiple days in a row. Leftovers are great, but…
Using AI seems to be a way to add variety to your meals and minimize what you have in the fridge. For instance a roast chicken, ham, veggies. An be used in different ways and be made quickly.
But then that MCP would soon take control of the refrigerator and coffeemaker in a bid for control. And when Owen Benjamin tried to stop it, the MCP would digitize him and put him on the Game Grill, where he would have to compete against the ultimate cooking program, the JDA (Julienned Deglaze-ifying A.I.- la-carte)
...ok, maybe a screenwriting career is not in my future.
I've personally seen high-end automatic cookers in people's kitchens that can download recipes and prepare meals you would not believe with the only human involvement being the choice of recipe and insertion of the ingredients.
Hooking those up to various AI planners would be an absolute piece of cake.
Going step further. AI is also great for extracting data (as we already know from other fields) of different recipies, food styles and tastes. As well as troubleshooting potential ideas. So this approach is more towards "food wellness" and not "food survival" like in the article. Recently I was planning a bday cake recipe, and brainstormed a quick shopping liston my way to the store.
I think I am definitely going to keep tech out of the kitchen. We eat in about 99% of the time and the last time I got uberJeets was in 2024.
We know people that put the grocery list into AI and ask it what to cook for dinner most nights. This is just another way to speed up your AI lobotomy.
We know so many people that order uberJeets 3 or 4 times a week, even though it is expensive and the food never tastes as good after sitting in a plastic container for 20 or 30mins before being delivered.
I think there will be a massive demand for a robot that looks after your food needs. I can a time in the future where you do not even enter your kitchen, unless something is broken. The robot keeps track of the food, if you specifically want something that night it will order what is missing and it will be delivered, the robot will then cook and clean up.
Ugh. I get it: Getting cross-list, cross-spreadsheet math that coordinates the workflow is handy. Having a brainstorming tool in a high-chaos environment which thwarts thinking...
But ugh.
We are continuously outsourcing our responsibilities, work, and mental effort to black-box machines.
Every AI tool so far only yields reliably useful results when it doesn't matter or when the user already knows *well* how to do what the AI does.
Handing off feeding the family to them... strikes me as foolish. Maybe this go-round it will be different?
I love this! Many people I know batch cook, and we can fall into a rut and eat the save 5 things all the time. Not to mention eating the same meal multiple days in a row. Leftovers are great, but…
Using AI seems to be a way to add variety to your meals and minimize what you have in the fridge. For instance a roast chicken, ham, veggies. An be used in different ways and be made quickly.
It's not AI. But I have really been enjoying eatyourbooks.com
I told the site which cookbooks I own, and I now have a searchable master index of about 90% of the books. But I enjoy meal planning.
I have used AI to plan for parties.
Compared to uber eats, this is a great idea.
Sometimes getting an idea is the hardest part.
We need an MCP for the oven, the stove, and the microwave!
But then that MCP would soon take control of the refrigerator and coffeemaker in a bid for control. And when Owen Benjamin tried to stop it, the MCP would digitize him and put him on the Game Grill, where he would have to compete against the ultimate cooking program, the JDA (Julienned Deglaze-ifying A.I.- la-carte)
...ok, maybe a screenwriting career is not in my future.
You know it's coming.
I've personally seen high-end automatic cookers in people's kitchens that can download recipes and prepare meals you would not believe with the only human involvement being the choice of recipe and insertion of the ingredients.
Hooking those up to various AI planners would be an absolute piece of cake.
Going step further. AI is also great for extracting data (as we already know from other fields) of different recipies, food styles and tastes. As well as troubleshooting potential ideas. So this approach is more towards "food wellness" and not "food survival" like in the article. Recently I was planning a bday cake recipe, and brainstormed a quick shopping liston my way to the store.
I think I am definitely going to keep tech out of the kitchen. We eat in about 99% of the time and the last time I got uberJeets was in 2024.
We know people that put the grocery list into AI and ask it what to cook for dinner most nights. This is just another way to speed up your AI lobotomy.
We know so many people that order uberJeets 3 or 4 times a week, even though it is expensive and the food never tastes as good after sitting in a plastic container for 20 or 30mins before being delivered.
I think there will be a massive demand for a robot that looks after your food needs. I can a time in the future where you do not even enter your kitchen, unless something is broken. The robot keeps track of the food, if you specifically want something that night it will order what is missing and it will be delivered, the robot will then cook and clean up.
Yep. Like this story: https://gallagherstories.substack.com/p/neighbor
NB - Great stories.