If you see two comments about ants in the comments section, the total number of comments about ants in your comments section is probably not 2.

I work for a midsize company within retail and we are definitely shipping faster?

I agree given that it’s about competition and not just having fun.

“It blows my mind at how allergic AI bros are to consent.“

You make it sound like you have to use it.

Would you demand your mobile device manufacturer to rollback the features you don’t like and don’t use? Did you consent to it?

The allergy against AI is understandable. But that’s because companies tries to shoehorn it in everywhere. This however sounds like a perfectly fine use case, which is also optional to use.

You make it sound like NYT has to include slop in the app and that the only way to do ingredient substitution is with AI.

No, they didn't make anything sound remotely like that.

I actually would absolutely love it if my mobile device gave me complete control to remove the parts i don't like and don't use, that'd be lovely. Instead you gotta install Graphene or something.