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People had the same thoughts about cake mixes in the 40s. Oh you can just buy a cake mix? That's not cooking anymore444 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6wKaLQ

• qup 4y ago
  I kind of agree about the cake mixes, but not the developer. It's pretty clear to me the value the developer provided, as he elaborated about it at length near the end and said the LLM isn't getting his job anytime soon. The cake mix really isn't "cooking," by my standards. Neither is microwaving popcorn. But it's an arbitrary line, I wouldn't defend it very hard.
• nklrta 4y ago
  They were right. The quality of home cooking has gone down dramatically throughout the 20th century.
• AnimalMuppet 4y ago
  Fun fact: People didn't like cake mixes when they first came out, precisely because it wasn't "really cooking". Then someone (Betty Crocker?) changed the mix (and the instructions) so that the person had to add an egg, not just water. Then the humans felt like they were actually cooking, and cake mixes were more accepted. A really smart AI would leave enough for the humans to do that they feel like they're still in charge.