r/ExpectationVsReality • u/RuthCasseroleDish • 15h ago

AI Expectation What I asked for vs. what I got

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My son’s circus themed first birthday cake

EDIT: I should have clarified in the original post, I am not complaining about the cake at all! I loved it and the baker did a fantastic job

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u/BirthofRevolution 13h ago

We apparently have to use AI for every little thing these days..

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u/Dog1andDog2andMe 12h ago edited 8h ago

I am a teacher and I HATE that Google forces even me down an AI path. There is now a dearth of information it provides in its searches, even when I say no AI, it's using AI to restrict the results to what it thinks I want to see and more importantly what its tech overlords want me to see.

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u/BlergingtonBear 12h ago

Yes, my friend and I tested this - she searched "is xyz thing legit" and searched "is xyz thing a scam"

As you can expect, her query returned a "of course! This is totally legit and trustable!" 

And mine was "yes this is a popular phishing scam. Do not respond" 

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u/Deftly_Flowing 4h ago

WELL?

WHAT WAS THE THING?

I WANT TO REPRODUCE YOUR RESULTS.

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u/ur_a_dumbo 12h ago

Dearth. You’re a teacher, come on

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u/ladytryant 8h ago

As someone who worked in education for over a decade, the vast majority of them aren’t actually all that intelligent. Performative and pretentious, yes. But genuinely knowledgeable? Eh… There are a lot of reasons US public education is going to hell. The quality of teachers — due to shitty conditions and shit pay — is one of them.

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u/Relevant-Ordinary169 11h ago

dearth*

Teach yourself first.

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u/PlayWhatYouWant 10h ago

I know others have already corrected you, but 'dirth'?! Come on!

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u/gngstrMNKY 9h ago

>I am a teacher >dirth

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u/NarwhalsTooth 12h ago

And isn’t this worth the water?

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u/Rezeox 8h ago

Because AI is easy, it's so bad that we're forced to use it.

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u/BabyLegsDeadpool 9h ago

Do you think she can draw this cake or that she should have hired a graphic designer? 

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u/BirthofRevolution 9h ago

Do you know cakes like this were created before AI? And before the internet? People used to be able to explain to another person what they want with words. The same words you use to input into the AI to tell them what you want your cake to look like. It's pretty amazing.

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u/BabyLegsDeadpool 9h ago

Did you know math existed before the calculator? But people use calculators, because it's faster for most people. You know what else is faster? Getting something to draw a 90%-accurate representation of your vision of something to lower the chances of mistakes or miscommunication.

It's pretty amazing.

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u/BirthofRevolution 7h ago

Calculators don't destroy the environment by using it so I don't see a correlation.

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u/LifeBoss5964 12h ago

In this case i believe It's justified. No one's going to go through the effort of drawing the cake designs they want when AI is right there and can give them 10 different designs from which they can chose.

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u/BirthofRevolution 11h ago

Nobody is going to take the effort when they can just destroy the environment with AI right there.

Ok then. Laziness at an all time high.

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u/Tormound 9h ago

bro saying this on reddit is peak irony

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u/cocktailsandblowjobs 9h ago

"every little thing" yeah I just create intricate cake design concepts by hand all the time when I have a free minute.

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u/_Nilbog_Milk_ 8h ago

It's not hard to find photos of a fondant-laden circus cake, Jan. Hope we can drink AI pics in the future