Michelin Guide blasted for alleged use of AI to write restaurant…

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Michelin Guide is accused of using AI to write restaurant reviews, and eaters online say it has burned its reputation to the ground.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWith us is Octavia Brandvold, Minister of Gastronomic Standards for Lower Pellmark District.

3. OB

   Octavia BrandvoldThank you, Vera.

4. OB

   Octavia BrandvoldLet me say first that every star in that guide exists because of my ministry's leadership. The AI part is a third the previous ministry's fault.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBut did your ministry approve the software, yes or no?

6. OB

   Octavia BrandvoldI approved a tool.

7. OB

   Octavia BrandvoldWhat a tool does afterward is between the tool and its conscience, and also a quarter the waiters' fault, since they plate the food.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe waiters.

9. OB

   Octavia BrandvoldAnd half is the weather. People are hungrier when it's damp, and hungry people write harsh things about a fart in the wind.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMinister, you've now blamed the last ministry, the waiters and the weather, and you've still not answered whether the reviews were written by a machine.

11. OB

    Octavia BrandvoldIf they were, that's a fifth the machine's fault, and I'd remind viewers my ministry funded every good dinner they've ever had.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBut you didn't answer the question.

13. OB

    Octavia BrandvoldThe question was badly written, which I suspect was also the work of a computer. That's another third, and I blame arithmetic for the rest.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat adds up to about three hundred percent, Minister.

15. OB

    Octavia BrandvoldThen the extra two hundred percent is yours, Vera, and I'll be raising it with the gravy boat committee.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRex, I need a sport where the referee can't be blamed on a robot.