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by luciana1u4 hours ago |
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upvoteby tux34 hours ago|
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I liked this article about an old recipe book and what cooking could have looked like if we took microwave cooking seriously: https://malmesbury.substack.com/p/my-journey-to-the-microwav...
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upvoteby AlotOfReading3 hours ago|
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This is one of my favorite pieces of internet writing, up there with the SR-71 speed check and the Story of Mel. Every time I see it, I have to read it again and end up giggling through the whole thing.
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upvoteby arcanemachiner46 minutes ago|
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Wow. That article totally sucked me in!
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upvoteby not-a-llm3 hours ago|
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here you go, Michelin-starred chef:

> Marco Pierre White passionately defends chefs using microwaves. White dubbed microwaves “sensational things” and revealed he thinks they’re far better at preparing kippers than any other technique, like boiling or grilling

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/marco-pierre-white-...

And another one:

> José Andrés, a renowned Michelin-starred chef, New York Times bestselling author and internationally recognized humanitarian. He listed the microwave omelet as his number one foolproof dish and called it the “best fluffy omelet in the history of mankind!”

https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/jose-andres-microwave-om...

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upvoteby tgv2 hours ago|
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The comment specifically said "microwave dinners." That's frozen meals you just heat up in the microwave.
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upvoteby wyre1 hours ago|
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A microwave omelet is almost the same way, especially to a chef, many of which are very pretentious about their eggs.
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upvoteby ViktorRay4 hours ago|
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This makes me curious.

Are there any documented essays or reactions from the great chefs of back in the day reacting to the first microwave dinners?

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upvoteby harrylove3 hours ago|
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A more accurate analogy is Charles and Henry Greene using tech to construct an intricate rig to fasten the joints in a delicate jewelry box to fit inside the Gamble House. Yes, they could make the rig by hand, but time is a precious resource to people with so much to build.

What Tao and other artists of his caliber are demonstrating is that the tech is capable of building the rig. And the machine makers are incrementally demonstrating that the machine can make not only the jewelry box rig, but rigs to build rig-making machines.

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upvoteby thejazzman4 hours ago|
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i'd imagine when microwaves first came out chefs were genuinely excited? it's pretty insanely magical to observe ... at first.
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upvoteby red75prime4 hours ago|
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People are so confident that this just-a-tool will hit its limits any day now...
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upvoteby nozzlegear3 hours ago|
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People are so confident that this not-just-a-tool will show signs of ASI/AGI any day now...
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upvoteby red75prime2 hours ago|
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Yep, I'm fairly certain that general learning algorithms acting upon an ANN (which is fairly general too, see the universal approximation theorem) can reach and surpass performance of the human brain. As we have approximately zero evidence that the human brain contains "magic," that is something that can't be modeled by an ANN of a practically feasible size. (I know about chaotic processes that can't be modeled precisely. The "magic" here would be the brain using such a process to make useful decisions. "Useful" not in a sense of a mixed strategiy. You can roll dice to do that.)

But, no, it's not "any day now." The required size and structure of the ANN is to be determined.

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upvoteby wyre1 hours ago|
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I thought the narrative a few months ago was that we had AGI[1]? What happened? It's not like these trillion dollar companies would have an interest in using AGI to hype up their technologies that they would need to replace a percentage of the global workforce over the next few years to justify their current valuations?

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[1]https://sequoiacap.com/article/2026-this-is-agi/

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upvoteby r_lee4 hours ago|
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I wouldn't be surprised if that was actually more common than one might think
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upvoteby egl20202 hours ago|
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Ferran Adrià published a recipe for an omelette using potato chips.
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upvoteby cindyllm4 hours ago|
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