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A coffee shop owner used AI to make a menu poster. Then came the angry DMs

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  1. HanShotFirst · · focus · HN ↗
    I've noticed a very sudden uptick in these AI designed signs and menus in my area. I fully understand why they are used by small business owners (fast and cheap), and I think getting angry at or threatening a business owner for using them is a huge overreaction.

    That said, my own aesthetic sense is very much turned off by them. It is hard for me to articulate why, but I can name four reasons:

    - The food never actually looks good, real, or delicious;

    - The information is presented in a haphazard way, with text randomly thrown all over the place;

    - There is really only one kind of "style" of these signs that I've seen, and it's sad to think that this style (or lack thereof) may become ubiquitous;

    - In a world where AI feels increasingly shoved down our throats, it is unnerving to so suddenly see its rise manifested in the physical world.

    1. asdff · · focus · HN ↗
      It has this ick about it that makes me feel the owner lost mightily in a crypto pump and dump several times in life.
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