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1. izzydata · 1789587811 · focus · HN ↗

   Threatening people is unwarranted, but of course people are allowed to choose where they buy coffee for whatever reasons they see fit. If the market decides that stores with AI posters aren't the place to be then the business has to adapt.

   1. garyfirestorm · 1789588318 · focus · HN ↗

      i generally go to the store where the coffee tastes better

      1. seattle_spring · 1789588875 · focus · HN ↗

         Using AI to make a sign is likely a pretty good indicator as to the effort the owner puts into other aspects of their business.

         1. orangedog · 1789588914 · focus · HN ↗

            It only signals to me that they have other priorities.

            1. Draiken · 1789590272 · focus · HN ↗

               Correct, but they own a coffee shop, they aren't building rockets. The menu is definitely a significant part of it.

               If they can barely do that, then I'm sure they're slacking off on more stuff too.

               1. JumpCrisscross · 1789590469 · focus · HN ↗

                  > The menu is definitely a significant part of it

                  The overlap in skills between photographing your product and being a great barrista aren't obviously overlapping.

                  The takeaway seems to be to remove images from the menu.

                  1. jackb4040 · 1789594585 · focus · HN ↗

                     As a customer yes, I would have vastly higher confidence in the quality of a coffee shop with no pictures vs one that uses AI slop.

                     1. mixedCase · 1789595987 · focus · HN ↗

                        Why?

                        1. mingus88 · 1789599382 · focus · HN ↗

                           I’m not GP but this hits for me so I’ll reply in good faith

                           I don’t actually care about the menu or sign. It’s a coffee drink and I’ve had thousands if not hundreds of thousands of them. I know what I like and if it’s just stencil letters pinned on a cork board I don’t care. I just want to grab a coffee and go.

                           A shop with no pictures, just words? Sends a message that their coffee is probably good enough to speak for itself. Fine.

                           A shop with hand drawn lettering, ornate art? The coffee is probably made by people who care about their craft in some fashion. At least the person making my coffee probably enjoys their job a little. Fine.

                           Fully AI menu with gen Ai modeled drink pictures? The drink isn’t going to look like that. There is obviously no effort made here. They spent time to create a generic menu my kids could have put together. Worst of the lot, to be honest.

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