Luckily, there are a few red flags to keep an eye out for.
By the way, the dumplings were from East Wind Snack Shop.
Clearly, AI-generated recipes and cookbooks are already out there.
They also note that the recipes “may not be perfect” due to the nature of its creation.
But the dubious recipe quality is just one part of the problem.
Cookbooks arent just collections of recipes.
Theyre years of hard work, mistakes, successes, incredible photography, experiences, and stories.
Those stories are woven into recipes that share a persons life.
Here are a few things to look out for when you’re vetting a cookbook.
Look out for grammatical missteps, sure, but also oddly robotic phrasing and repetition.
This is not how most folks would describe crockpot cooking.
Repeated phrases are also a hallmark of AI writing.
Just kidding, its awful at alternate phrasing.
You wouldnt believe how many times the section What is Crock-Pot?
Publishing houses versus self published
Many AI-generated cookbooks are sold online, and they are self published.
you could probably figure out why.
As of right now, most established publishing houses are interested in making deals with human authors.
If youre not sure, you’re free to also look up the author.
AI authors will have no history besides the cookbook, so you wont have to do much research.
If you see that, the next step is to snag the one- or two-star reviews.
Those are probably humans and theyre probably telling you the cookbook is AI generated.
Shop in a bookstore
A what?
A brick and mortarbookstore.
Plus, youll be supporting a real-life bookstore, and thats nice too.
