Hey, welcome to Aprons Off, the show where we stop cooking and just kind of hang out. And today’s a very special episode because we are just giving in. We are giving in. We’re finally giving up to the robot overlords. We are letting them willingly take our jobs. We’ve opened the door and let them walk right in. Cause what we’re doing today, y’all, we are seeing if an AI can create a restaurant menu that is passable and indistinguishable from an actual restaurant menu that exists. That’s right. And we’re not gonna tell them that they can’t because even if they can’t right now, six months from now they will be able to. 12 months from now, they’ll be able to do our jobs. The deep fakes and holograms. You saw how they did Tupac? No, no. An AI could never be as silly as I am. An AI can be silly, Trevor. Sillier. An AI can be sillier. You think your silliness is optimized right now? No, there’s no way an AI could get sillier than I am right now. There’s no way a robot can do it. Should we start with our first menu? I don’t know. Should we talk about our fears about how AI are gonna kill us? I think they’re- I feel like, or I’m gonna fall in love with one. I think, well that’s a personal problem. I already have fallen. All right. I fell in love with Cortana from Halo. Yeah, when I was like eight. Yeah, dude that voice was sexy though. Yeah. That one guy in the, what, Link? Oh my God. Is he in Halo? Zelda, Zelda. Zelda is Link? Link is Zelda? Zelda is not an AI. Cortana is an AI. Link is like a, just a sexy twink. I’m just trying to relate. A sexy twink man. I’m just trying to relate, okay? Just throw me a freakin’ bone here, man. I’m trying to relate. All right, let’s get into the first menu. Okay, here is pizza menu one. If you’d like, you can go through all of the options. Pizza menu. And then pizza menu two. These are two very different menus. I’ll say Trevor’s menu is a lot more cogent. Yeah. This is like, this seems like a very legit menu. Yeah. And all of these pizzas really make sense. So basically what we have to think right now is do we think AI would go for stupid puns and things that don’t really make sense? I feel like this is the work of an, this is a real restaurant, right? This is a real restaurant in LA? This is a real restaurant in LA. This is a real restaurant in LA so I don’t wanna insult anyone, but I feel like somebody who doesn’t, listen, a lot of chefs, I know a lot of chefs who dropped outta school at 14 start cooking. That’s all I’m gonna say. And no, some of the most brilliant chefs, and they’re also brilliant people, they don’t know how to spell and put words together. And so I don’t know. My instinct would be that the worse menu is a human one. It’s got puns that aren’t really puns, you know? And that the really well put together one is. I had the same instinct. My thought was like, because AI, the way that it works, it’s generally gonna lean on like a more mild and reasonable side. Mhm. If you want those really like weird, crazy answers, you have to really prompt it to do that. You have to put in like very specific asks to get it to do the weirder things. I think that if you put in like, you know, make me a good pizza menu or like an artisanal pizza menu, from, that’s similar to a restaurant in LA, I feel like it could do something like this. Right? I think you’re right. I think that this is just like some like weird pizza restaurant. It’s like we’re gonna get funky crazy with it. So I’m with you. Okay. Are you interested in seeing which menu is the correct human menu? Yeah! Well then bring out the meal! What is it? You guys have the Ode to Philippe so a French dipped calzone from the real LA restaurant. Wait, so this the real one. We’re right? You were right. Trevor, can you cut into it? I can’t move cause my back hurts. Yeah, that’s true. Also this is from Beloved Pizza spot Ronan. Oh, this is Ronan? Yes. Oh my god, I’ve been there and I didn’t recognize any of this. I typed in like modern, cool LA Pizza restaurant. Wow. And yeah, if you guys wanna try, if you guys wanna eat it, go for it. Wait, hold on. It’s pretty upsetting though that the AI menu, like, I really want to eat that. It’s not upsetting, it’s just reality. Also, it’s just interesting to see like the way the computer communicates is crazy. Mm. Damn. I can’t tell, it was weird. That’s pretty crazy though. I do love me some Ronan. There’s also some au jus for dipping. You want some? I’m okay. You sure? Yeah, I’m sure. I’m having a great time. Not to pull back the curtain too much, but it’s like eight in the morning. Yeah, yeah. I don’t know if I can take another bite. French dipped pizza at 8 AM? I’m kinda full. I’m still digesting my coffee. Same. I haven’t pooped yet. Same! You’re gonna eat this before pooping for the day. No. Also, Ronan’s a very successful restaurant. Very successful. I am sure everybody who works there can read and write. And that was my bad. Geez Louise. Okay. More robot, more robot! Okay, time for menu two. Here is your taco menu. Tacos, okay. Can you tell me the search terms you typed in? Yeah, so I typed in funky, LA taco spot, popular. Wow, okay, okay. And then I went through and I said make it refined and chic but not too fussy. Damn, so we got. What’re you thinking? We both got some like vegan vegetarian options. Yeah. They got a grilled chicken on that one. There’s, okay, let’s look at carnitas. Okay. Let’s look at carnitas here because one, you typed in like funky trendy taco joint? Yeah. So some of these menus may have been written by whites. Yeah. Right? Because like, I mean listen, that’s, come on. What are we talking about? The carnitas on taco menu number one, slow roasted pulled pork. That’s like not what carnitas is, you know what I mean? Mhm. But again, is that a white person talking about tacos or is that a robot talking about tacos? We don’t know. But slow roasted pulled pork and then putting sour cream and carnitas to me is a really weird thing that you would not see at most taco spots. But both of these have some sort of crema on their carnitas. Mhm. Do you think an AI is more likely to say shredded pork is crisped up to perfection or a human? I think a human would say that. Yeah, that feels like a human thing to say. But the AI has got some, it’s got some dumb things on there like buttermilk battered cod. Yeah. That’s weird. Putting ranch on it with spicy honey on fish? Ranch and honey on fish in a taco. Geez, God. That’s like, that’s a weird combination. Yeah dude, this is tough. But again, we’re, the racial bias here on is just like. It’s riveting. I’m fascinated. The one that’s getting me is the vegan barbacoa because I feel like barbacoa is very much like a Chipotle term. Yeah. Like a Chipotle ass term so it’s like, I’m trying to think, is that like an LA person trying to relate to like people that like Chipotle like oh we have the vegan barbacoa. Or is that AI pulling from the wealth of knowledge on the internet to be like, ooh, what’s a meat? And maybe their first instinct is to go to Chipotle. Well, okay, so there’s only one shredded meat that’s more popular than barbacoa right now. And that’s birria. Mhm. And they use the term braised beef instead of birria but they’re like literally just describing what birria is there, right? Mhm. But they’re not using the word? But they’re not using the word birria. I feel like an AI would do that. I think this one is the AI and I think, no, this one’s the AI. This is the real person. What do you think Trevor? I’m gonna go this is the AI and this is the real person. I’m gonna split on this one. Yeah, we’re split. All right, let’s bring in the tacos please. You have crispy fish tacos. From Tacos Tu Madre. No, that’s real? Let’s go! This is real? Yeah. Buttermilk battered cod, spicy honey poblano ranch slaw, pico de, wow. Wow, I’m a genious. I have never been to Tacos Tu Madre. It’s pretty good. I like it. I believe you. Dig in, does it taste like the robot overlord’s made it or you did? You being humans. Pretty good? It’s pretty damn good. Pretty damn good. Might not make sense on a written menu, but tastes good in your mouth. The honey’s kind of weird. Mm. I don’t need honey on my fish. Mhm. But a pretty good taco. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah? That’s a very strange AI menu. I’m surprised the lobster didn’t like throw anyone. Well that’s like a thing that people would put on a menu to upcharge and they’re actually using langoustine, but they’re charging $12 per taco. Yeah, yeah. So I thought that was like a human trying to game the economic system. Mm, lots of buzzwords though. Lot of buzz words. I will say taco menu two had a lot of buzzwords in it. I will say this is, shredded pork is crisped up to perfection, to me is something that a human would write, but apparently not. Mhm, mhm. Apparently robots can be as dumb as humans but not as silly. Not as silly. Let’s get these tacos outta the way. And let’s do a last one. All right, all right. Thank you. So this I typed in steakhouse in the style of Wolfgang Puck. Oh no. Hell yeah. Oh boy. Here is menu one for Trevor and menu two for Josh. Mmmm. Dang it. Oh my God, okay, so this is a very bare bones menu. They’re just describing the steaks. We have USDA prime on both. Filet mignon on both. We have dry aged ribeye here and bone in ribeye and New York strip. They have ribeye and New York strip in porterhouse. Sauces, Argentinian chimichurri, that seems redundant. Horseradish cream, red wine bordelaise, homemade steak, and truffle ranch. Here we have chateau bearnaise, red wine reduction, black peppercorn, forest mushroom, and truffle demi glace. So they’re leaning pure European on this one. Mhm. This one, who’s serving truffle ranch with steak? Nobody, right? Yeah. I mean I know you can probably get fries or whatever that you’re putting truffle ranch on. Yeah. But I mean this has to be the AI. Based on the logic that like we’ve seen thus far, it actually seems like this would be the real restaurant. But I think you’re right. This one like reads more like a classic like kind of steakhouse menu. And then I think that this one is, is well. Wait hold on, hold on, hold on. No, I think this is AI! I think this is AI, and I’ll tell you why. I’ll tell you why. I’ll tell you why. So funny. Because all of these, all of these sauces are the same. Here, if you’re a restaurateur, every menu item should be different than the next one right? There should be like a different reason to order that. Okay. You wouldn’t have like a steak and a pork chop prepared in the exact same manner. Unless you’re like a steakhouse. I guess they have that type of situation. But I’m saying like the sauces should be different enough from each other to give you something different. Mhm, mhm. Chimichurri, horse radish cream, bordelaise, steak sauce, ranch, those are all at least different from each other. You go here, you get like a demi, a red wine reduction, a mushroom thing, a black peppercorn thing. Those are all like very similar stock and butter and aromatic based sauces that aren’t different enough from each other. Mm. I think an AI wrote this. I think they’re trying to be fancy. And then I think that this is a real restaurant. Also porterhouse, super out of style. Old school cut of steak that I don’t think steakhouses wanna mess with. I think a dry aged ribeye and a bone-in ribeye would make more sense on a human based menu. I think that this is a real restaurant. I think that there’s like some weird like steakhouse probably, I don’t know, like a Morton’s-esque steakhouse that like this isn’t just. Morton’s? This isn’t just like a very, like we are a nice steakhouse but we’re also a chain and this is our classic menu. And I think that that’s AI. I think Nicole was up to some funny business maybe in the prompt there that she didn’t tell us. All right. Funny business, Nicole. You ready? What kind of of funny business you pulling? Okay, let’s bring it out. Let’s bring out the steak. This is the bone in ribeye with truffle ranch! Yes, ranch! Truffle ranch! From Cut by Wolfgang Puck. Why is Wolfgang Puck serving ranch on a steak? I love it. I think it’s for, you know. Can you cut me a piece in like. I was gonna ask. I’m not gonna lie, I don’t think I can lift my arms right now. Okay, no problem. I hurt my back doing yoga. People said it would heal me and it hurt me. So yeah, what I learned is that AI is very smart and we are not. Do you not want the truffle ranch? So Josh and I are tied right now. Yeah, I don’t think we’re competing. You’re not competing, but isn’t this interesting? Truffle should not be in ranch. I’ll throw that out there right now. I like truffle in ranch. Really? Yeah, why not? I don’t love truffle, but truffle ranch makes sense. Should we do one more tie breaker? You want to? For sure! One more tie breaker! Okay. One more tie breaker. Let’s get that steak outta here! I don’t like eating this for breakfast. All right, next up. The last menu we have created or I have created or AI has created is a Father’s Day brunch. What’s having a father like? Jesus Christ, dude. Shut up, you have one. Oh no. What the heck? I did recently get a Father’s Day email from a brand that was like, we talked to your dad. It was the subject line. It was like, he wants these T-shirts. I was just like freakin’ Instagram T-shirt company medium out here? Communicate with the dead? Okay, big daddy breakfast platter. That seems too on the nose. Dude, I think it seems just on the nose enough to be written by a human. Same, same, same. Yeah. Okay, so steak and eggs benedict, sounds lovely. Fried chicken and waffles, hangover hash. Dad’s love drinking. Glug glug. Okay. You think that this one is the human? I think that this is the human. I think that this one is the human. And I think that AI does not think a lot of dads they do not think that they’re fancy enough for honey roasted sriracha glaze. And I believe that humans do. So I believe that Father’s Day brunch menu two is for humans. I believe that Father’s Day brunch menu one is for humans. All right, KG, can you bring out the next dish? It’s avocado toast! Yeah! From Castaway! Oh. This is Castaway. Shout out, Burbank. Fancy. Yeah. Well that’s very exciting. I win. Trevor, you lose now. It’s not a competition! Now you get to be the little cute pet for the robots while Nicole and I get to work. Yay, everybody loses! I feel happier. Did you guys hear the bell? Oh here comes the bell. All right. Means we gotta give advice to somebody. Woo! Jorge C asks, is there a cookbook that you’d recommend for a complete amateur in the kitchen? Something to really help them start feeling comfortable in the kitchen if they cook all the recipes and it doesn’t require special equipment, Nicole. All right, so there’s two that come to mind. Number one is Julia Child’s Joy of Cooking. There’s no real crazy like equipment you have to get but it is a little bit like tactical. Like you are gonna learn from the ground up, and you’re gonna grow to be able to do something crazy like whip egg whites and I don’t know, cook a steak. Like you’re gonna learn those things from Julia. But another book that is much more simpler for the modern age is How to Boil Water. They actually used to have a show as well. So you can read the book, watch the show, retain all the information, and you will be a class act chef in no time. I really liked a book called How to Think Like A Chef or Think Like A Chef by Tom Collicchio. It taught me a lot because it’s less of a cookbook and more sort of teaching you theory and the basics behind food and how to put together a dish, how to make it look good, the basics of actual cookery. And so for me that’s important. If you don’t have like a strong base and foundation, like we cook a lot of really dumb stuff here. We break the rules a lot because we all know the rules and so you know how to like break them in a way that yields something good. And so yeah, get the techniques down, learn some theory. Snoop Dogg’s from Crook to Cook. Yeah, that’s good. I think it’s literally essential to have that kind of baseline. Plus when you tell people that you cooked it, something from that book, they’re gonna automatically be impressed. It’s true. See, AI could never be that silly. AI, that was great Trevor. So silly. Also, we both wrote cookbooks, so you should buy ’em. Culinary Bro Down on amazon.com. I mean, support your local bookstore. Bake Up. You’re not gonna though. 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