‘Off-putting’ or ‘a fine tool’? AI slop on restaurant signage is becoming rampant and repugnant.
“rice that looks like maggots, cheese dripping over a sandwich in suspicious symmetry, shrimp so circular it’s obviously fake”
What happened
AI-generated food photos are spreading across restaurant menu boards and window signs in Chicago and its suburbs. One passer-by told the paper he skipped a restaurant because the taquitos on its poster were rolled too evenly and looked like hot dogs.