Businesses with ugly AI menu redesigns

	Businesses with ugly AI menu redesigns(blog.fiddery.com)
	319 points by speckx 23 hours ago \| 230 comments
	tl;dr: A Filipino-American blogger visited a Filipino/Hawaiian restaurant in Austin and was disappointed to find its menu revamped with uncanny AI-generated food images, despite the actual food (a $10 spamsilog plate) tasting great. They argue this trend among small businesses stems from ignorance rather than malice, and say they'd prefer menus in Comic Sans, Papyrus, or Curlz MT over AI slop.
	HN Discussion: ↑AI-generated designs erase human personality and character from local businesses and community spaces ↑AI imagery signals low-effort work and damages business credibility with customers ↑AI food images are uniquely off-putting due to uncanny valley and appetite loss •Regulations similar to Japan's should address the gap between menu depictions and actual food ↑AI companies should worry that their tools are becoming markers of low quality brands