I'm not sure how useful it is. AI just tells you what it thinks you want to hear it seems. Even when you ask it to be more realistic, it is still just telling you a version of what it thinks you want
Sean, I think it's better than that, but sometimes it requires a few iterations, or maybe what one might call an artificial kick in the pants. Honestly, it's useful if you try it. I couldn't post the entirety of what it finally gave me but it was substantial and helpful.
what a great idea Paul to solicit AI assistance...thank you. My partner has a helpful guide as well, for what it's worth: try only eating what is recognizable for what it actually is...
Hugh, that's a good one. It reminds me of the idea of eating foods that don't have ingredients on them at all. After I did this experiment I stopped eating lunch meat, as it is considered ultra processed, which I wasn't sure about before this experiment.
Healthy eating starts at the grocery store. I use the YUKA app to scan bar codes as I shop. One of the first things I scanned was a pancake mix that I had bought for decades. It scored a 2/100 and is loaded with harmful additives. Interesting because all you need to make pancakes is flour, baking soda and sugar with a bit of salt. A couple surprises I have noticed with YUKA scanning - not all processed/packed foods are bad (most are but some are not) and many things we consider healthy are awful, such as granola (especially the 'healthy' brands), smoothie mixes, protein bars and most crackers. For fun I scan kids cereals - all terrible but Cheerios - which are marketed as 'heart healthy' and commonly fed to children, are no better than Lucky Charms. Today Yuka does not yet identify seed oils, but otherwise it's very informative and it's free! Also works for beauty products.
Phil, thanks for your mentioning this app. I haven't heard of it, but I haven't heard of a lot of things, so I'm going to look into it. And you're absolutely right healthy eating starts at the grocery store, where the healthy food is generally on the perimeter and the processed/package/less healthy food is, generally, in the middle of the store. Of course there are exceptions but I find that idea helpful to remember when shopping.
I've done something similar with the scripts a family member was taking, asking for the interactions. Some of the meds had similar side-effects that acted in an additive manner, explaining a few things.
PS… i’m sorry if I sounded snarky but I just really hate ChatGPT and its confreres. It’s like a new toy and in the end it will likely be the demise of civilization when most of us don’t have jobs. It will also speed up loss of skills and knowledge in future generations.
But I digress…
I do love your workouts, esp the Mother’s Day one. ☺️
I'm not sure how useful it is. AI just tells you what it thinks you want to hear it seems. Even when you ask it to be more realistic, it is still just telling you a version of what it thinks you want
Sean, I think it's better than that, but sometimes it requires a few iterations, or maybe what one might call an artificial kick in the pants. Honestly, it's useful if you try it. I couldn't post the entirety of what it finally gave me but it was substantial and helpful.
Cheers Paul. I'll keep it in mind
what a great idea Paul to solicit AI assistance...thank you. My partner has a helpful guide as well, for what it's worth: try only eating what is recognizable for what it actually is...
Hugh, that's a good one. It reminds me of the idea of eating foods that don't have ingredients on them at all. After I did this experiment I stopped eating lunch meat, as it is considered ultra processed, which I wasn't sure about before this experiment.
Healthy eating starts at the grocery store. I use the YUKA app to scan bar codes as I shop. One of the first things I scanned was a pancake mix that I had bought for decades. It scored a 2/100 and is loaded with harmful additives. Interesting because all you need to make pancakes is flour, baking soda and sugar with a bit of salt. A couple surprises I have noticed with YUKA scanning - not all processed/packed foods are bad (most are but some are not) and many things we consider healthy are awful, such as granola (especially the 'healthy' brands), smoothie mixes, protein bars and most crackers. For fun I scan kids cereals - all terrible but Cheerios - which are marketed as 'heart healthy' and commonly fed to children, are no better than Lucky Charms. Today Yuka does not yet identify seed oils, but otherwise it's very informative and it's free! Also works for beauty products.
Phil, thanks for your mentioning this app. I haven't heard of it, but I haven't heard of a lot of things, so I'm going to look into it. And you're absolutely right healthy eating starts at the grocery store, where the healthy food is generally on the perimeter and the processed/package/less healthy food is, generally, in the middle of the store. Of course there are exceptions but I find that idea helpful to remember when shopping.
Try asking 4o to analyze your prompt or use o3 to generate a CoR prompt that will return a more comprehensive output.
Amy, you are referring to versions of ChatGPT, but this is a great idea to do with any AI, no?
There's no reason why we shouldn't be asking AI to improve our AI prompts, and not just our nutritional intake.
This is awesome!
I've done something similar with the scripts a family member was taking, asking for the interactions. Some of the meds had similar side-effects that acted in an additive manner, explaining a few things.
PS… i’m sorry if I sounded snarky but I just really hate ChatGPT and its confreres. It’s like a new toy and in the end it will likely be the demise of civilization when most of us don’t have jobs. It will also speed up loss of skills and knowledge in future generations.
But I digress…
I do love your workouts, esp the Mother’s Day one. ☺️
After all that back-and-forth, it doesn’t seem like it told you anything earth-shattering. Reduce deli meats? Eat more vegetables?
What do you feel was worth it? That it called out your tiki masala?
I’m not seeing the draw. Plus I would have been pissed off at its replies agreeing with you about it being too positive at first — it’s so fake.
Liked it !