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How AI could save Christmas leftovers getting dumped in the bin


AI designs menu with Christmas leftovers

Rapper and chef Big Zuu serving up a Mexican-inspired Brussels sprout starter (Picture: Google Gemini)

If AI had existed in the 1990s, Bridget Jones might never have met Mark Darcy at the turkey curry buffet.

As the novel goes, Una and Geoffrey Alconbury had hosted their feast of leftovers every New Year’s Day since Bridget was in nappies.  

But maybe they would have found an alternative to curry for the extra portions, if they’d had an LLM to suggest turkey fajitas, turkey shepherd’s pie, turkey Tetrazzini or any of the other infinite ideas for turkey that could conceivably be imagined.

Google wants to save people from endless cold meat sandwiches this year by using its large language model Gemini, which was released to the public last December. 

They invited Metro to a feast of traditional festive fare, with a twist: it was designed by AI. What Gemini dreamed up, rapper and chef Big Zuu brought to reality, and the result had me wondering if a bread pudding/Christmas pudding mashup shouldn’t be on our tables more often. 

Although most of us know about AI by now and have most likely typed some lines to ChatGPT, it’s still seen as futuristic by most, rather than integrated into daily life.

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Creators want us to start using AI every day, though so it becomes as standard as opening maps to navigate or a search engine to find information.

To create the menu, Zuu dictated prompts to the Gemini chatbot (which can be downloaded as a separate app) about what he still had in the fridge having cooked up a traditional Christmas roast.

He also gave some context for what kind of cuisine he wanted to try, saying he loved Mexican food, and also wanted to reflect his heritage from Lebanon, Sierra Leone, and the UK.

‘I’m interested in stuff that I would have never thought of,’ he told Metro, saying he uses AI every day to bounce ideas off.

‘I love having random sides, and sometimes like you get a bit stuck on sides. Croquettes, Brussel sprouts, coleslaw, spuds, carrots, parsnips, gravy…’

Top Christmas leftovers

Turkey: 48%

Potatoes: 36%

Vegetables: 34%

Stuffing: 26%

Cheese: 25%

From a Censuswide survey on behalf of Google of 2,001 nationally
representative respondents from the UK. Figures are from those surveyed who said they have leftovers between Christmas and New Year.

I’m not a sprout hater, but they wouldn’t usually be on my shopping list outside of Christmas week. Mexican style roasted Brussels sprout elote though, with chilli powder, lime, sour cream and cotija cheese, was delicious, and elevated the veg far above a tick box for the festive table.

I wouldn’t discredit Big Zuu by saying he just followed a recipe list that Gemini dictated, like the rat chef under his hat. He characterised the app as a personal assistant, suggesting options as inspiration that he might not have thought of bfore.

The ‘Twixmas’ dinner menu created from Gemini …read more

Source:: Metro

      

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