WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.679 You know that feeling when you open the fridge, 00:00:01.860 --> 00:00:05.940 you're staring at a really sad onion, a bag of 00:00:05.940 --> 00:00:09.500 carrots, maybe half a bag of tortillas. And I 00:00:09.500 --> 00:00:13.240 think, what on earth am I supposed to make with 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:17.199 this? That was me, two nights in a row. So instead 00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:21.000 of doomscrolling DoorDash, which is a popular 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:23.260 delivery system, a food delivery system in the 00:00:23.260 --> 00:00:27.780 United States, I thought, what if AI could help? 00:00:27.859 --> 00:00:30.489 Hey, I'm Mukundan. This show is about solving 00:00:30.489 --> 00:00:33.850 real problems with small, useful AI, things that 00:00:33.850 --> 00:00:36.990 you can actually use today. Each week, we pick 00:00:36.990 --> 00:00:40.049 one problem, build a simple workflow or tool, 00:00:40.189 --> 00:00:42.590 and talk through the decisions, what to automate, 00:00:42.829 --> 00:00:46.130 how to check quality, and how to make it reliable. 00:00:47.189 --> 00:00:50.530 If you're a builder, creator, or just AI curious, 00:00:50.909 --> 00:00:53.689 you'll leave with the steps that you can copy 00:00:53.689 --> 00:00:57.409 tonight. I thought, what if AI could help, right? 00:00:58.990 --> 00:01:01.909 Not to give me some crazy Michelin level recipe, 00:01:02.009 --> 00:01:05.010 but something that I can actually make with what 00:01:05.010 --> 00:01:07.329 I already have. Today I'll take you behind the 00:01:07.329 --> 00:01:12.769 scenes of my Pantry to Plate AI app, which is 00:01:12.769 --> 00:01:16.890 an app I used to help. Today I'll take you behind 00:01:16.890 --> 00:01:21.870 the scenes of the prompt I used to give me options 00:01:21.870 --> 00:01:25.849 of what kind of food I can make with the ingredients 00:01:25.849 --> 00:01:28.719 I have at home. and the appliances the ingredients 00:01:28.719 --> 00:01:31.280 and appliances that i have at home so we'll explore 00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:35.280 the rules that keep this app very practical the 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:39.180 ai that helps it make the app the prompt was 00:01:39.180 --> 00:01:43.299 also so yes here's what i'm trying to uh here's 00:01:43.299 --> 00:01:46.420 what i'm trying to achieve here i will give an 00:01:46.420 --> 00:01:49.560 app and also i'll give a prompt that can be used 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:52.780 for everybody so it's not just you need to be 00:01:52.780 --> 00:01:56.379 very technical to do it you can just go with 00:01:56.379 --> 00:01:58.560 the app or the prompt, whichever one you like, 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:01.620 so that you can try yourself tonight. So it's 00:02:01.620 --> 00:02:04.079 a prompt that you can put in your chat GPT or 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:06.439 cloud, and then you can try that prompt tonight. 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:08.979 Here's the problem we all face. Let's say it's 00:02:08.979 --> 00:02:13.060 9 .30 p .m. on a weekday night. You're exhausted, 00:02:13.159 --> 00:02:16.819 and there's not a lot at home, food -wise. It 00:02:16.819 --> 00:02:19.120 could be rising inflation costs, could be that 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:20.840 you didn't have time to go to the grocery store, 00:02:21.020 --> 00:02:24.039 or you didn't want to be... buying any groceries 00:02:24.039 --> 00:02:28.539 from your, you know, food, the grocery food app 00:02:28.539 --> 00:02:30.840 or grocery food delivery app, right? So that's 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:33.539 something that a lot of people go through this, 00:02:33.580 --> 00:02:36.460 right? You are not having anything at home to 00:02:36.460 --> 00:02:38.979 make. So you end up buying outside or whatever, 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:42.919 right? Or you eat something basic, could be a 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:45.879 sandwich. But sometimes even when you're that 00:02:45.879 --> 00:02:48.960 tired or bored, you still don't want to eat. 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:51.319 that kind of boring food I mean quote -unquote 00:02:51.319 --> 00:02:53.419 boring it would not be boring for everybody but 00:02:53.419 --> 00:02:56.180 yeah it's in my particular case what I'll say 00:02:56.180 --> 00:02:59.219 is like it was very late I mean I just finished 00:02:59.219 --> 00:03:02.460 work and I do like I have to so in my particular 00:03:02.460 --> 00:03:04.080 case it was just that it like it was very late 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:06.939 in the evening it was like around 7 30 and I 00:03:06.939 --> 00:03:10.000 had nothing prepared for food and I had to wake 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:12.240 up early in the morning so I had to sleep in 00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:15.860 early as well like usually I sleep around 10 00:03:15.860 --> 00:03:19.419 p .m and this particular case no it was so in 00:03:19.419 --> 00:03:21.259 my particular case it was like 7 30 p .m in the 00:03:21.259 --> 00:03:23.340 evening and it was a very long day and i was 00:03:23.340 --> 00:03:26.659 exhausted so i all i and i'm really hungry too 00:03:26.659 --> 00:03:29.560 and all i see in my kitchen is just rice potatoes 00:03:29.560 --> 00:03:32.719 and i had an instant pot luckily so although 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:34.800 i had this instant pot for a while i've not been 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:36.840 using it the way i would have thought i would 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:39.639 right and instant pot for those of you who are 00:03:39.639 --> 00:03:41.879 not familiar it's like a cooking appliances which 00:03:41.879 --> 00:03:45.300 is essentially like a more convenient pressure 00:03:45.300 --> 00:03:47.780 cooker it's like it's like a crock pot but it's 00:03:47.780 --> 00:03:50.240 faster that's what i would say would make it 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:52.719 an instant pot crock pot usually takes a while 00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:55.340 to cook instant pots you know get the cooking 00:03:55.340 --> 00:03:58.139 done quickly but anyway so here's what happened 00:03:58.139 --> 00:04:00.400 on this particular night i was almost going to 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:03.479 order something to eat from a fast food place 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:08.240 because i was just done and i thought like what 00:04:08.240 --> 00:04:10.659 and i've been i've been in this ai space like 00:04:10.659 --> 00:04:13.509 i've been talking about AI, how we can use AI 00:04:13.509 --> 00:04:16.050 in the practical world already by this time. 00:04:16.529 --> 00:04:22.170 But I thought, what if I can use AI to help me 00:04:22.170 --> 00:04:26.009 craft up some recipes that I can use? But I mean, 00:04:26.029 --> 00:04:29.509 then again, I'm not a great cook and nor am I 00:04:29.509 --> 00:04:31.430 a registered dietitian. I'm not even a dietitian. 00:04:31.689 --> 00:04:34.629 I don't even know what to make or eat most of 00:04:34.629 --> 00:04:36.550 the days. Or I don't know what kind of diet would 00:04:36.550 --> 00:04:39.310 be the greatest to follow. I guess I have a general 00:04:39.310 --> 00:04:41.480 idea, but you know. Then again, I'm not an expert 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:44.600 is what I'm trying to say. I thought, what if 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:50.160 I could use AI to help me make this app or at 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:55.060 least help me build out a prompt that I can use 00:04:55.060 --> 00:04:57.620 to, you know, tell, at least help me build out 00:04:57.620 --> 00:05:01.279 a prompt which I can then feed this prompt what 00:05:01.279 --> 00:05:05.459 kind of ingredients I have at home, maybe what 00:05:05.459 --> 00:05:07.959 kind of appliances that I have available to me 00:05:07.959 --> 00:05:11.259 so that it... spits out these recipes that i 00:05:11.259 --> 00:05:14.639 can i can use so i'm not even a great cook so 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:18.160 like i said so it's not going to be something 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:22.500 i wanted complex i wanted something easy so one 00:05:22.500 --> 00:05:25.160 thing i do acknowledge like you know and i think 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:30.680 most people can relate who watch these food contests 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:35.100 right like these uh these shows which which have 00:05:35.100 --> 00:05:38.779 food competitions i think one of them is chopped 00:05:39.310 --> 00:05:41.949 If you're familiar with it, it's like a food 00:05:41.949 --> 00:05:43.709 competition show. You need to make food really 00:05:43.709 --> 00:05:45.829 quick, I guess, and in high pressure environments. 00:05:46.269 --> 00:05:50.430 That's basically the gist of it. So instead of 00:05:50.430 --> 00:05:52.589 like a singing show, like The Idol or something, 00:05:52.709 --> 00:05:55.170 where you're competing with others for your voice, 00:05:55.350 --> 00:05:59.329 you are competing with others for your cooking 00:05:59.329 --> 00:06:03.110 skills. And it's like, yeah, in this case, let's 00:06:03.110 --> 00:06:07.259 call this job a TV show. except that you're the 00:06:07.259 --> 00:06:10.680 only contestant and the prize is that you're 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:12.399 not going to quit. And the prize is that you're 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:15.560 just not going to go to bed hungry. And that's 00:06:15.560 --> 00:06:18.300 the universal pain point. We don't want to be 00:06:18.300 --> 00:06:20.939 hungry, obviously. We all have our different 00:06:20.939 --> 00:06:24.339 appliances at home. We have a bunch of random 00:06:24.339 --> 00:06:28.240 ingredients and everyone has those nights where 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:31.620 we just don't want to think. We don't want to 00:06:31.620 --> 00:06:33.899 be spending our time thinking what I'm going 00:06:33.899 --> 00:06:36.920 to be eating. So we just want to be eating, right? 00:06:38.480 --> 00:06:40.100 Yeah, I mean, if you're really smart enough, 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:43.060 you'd probably be meal prepping, right, for the 00:06:43.060 --> 00:06:46.220 week. Preparing your meals in advance on the 00:06:46.220 --> 00:06:47.839 weekends and then over the week, you just have 00:06:47.839 --> 00:06:51.660 to warm it up. That's great. But sometimes you 00:06:51.660 --> 00:06:54.899 just feel like eating fresh food. And for those 00:06:54.899 --> 00:06:58.000 kind of cases, obviously, like, how do you do 00:06:58.000 --> 00:07:00.360 it when you're really busy as well? That's really 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:04.000 the problem here. i wanted to see how i can use 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:08.220 ai to help me with this problem but when i was 00:07:08.220 --> 00:07:10.300 looking at this problem i didn't want to directly 00:07:10.300 --> 00:07:14.300 start with ai i wanted to build like a set of 00:07:14.300 --> 00:07:18.779 rules for this prompt right so i wanted to see 00:07:18.779 --> 00:07:22.079 not just using what ingredients i have at home 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:24.980 but also like what kind of appliances or what 00:07:24.980 --> 00:07:26.639 kind of stuff i have at home essentially like 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:28.800 everything that i have at home how can i so i 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:32.120 didn't want to um start with the air like i said 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:35.139 i just wanted to build out a rule system right 00:07:35.139 --> 00:07:38.160 like if you have an air fryer and potatoes you 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:41.199 should see make crispy veggies it's just very 00:07:41.199 --> 00:07:43.439 simple right like i mean if if you have potatoes 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:45.540 you know what an air fryer does if you're familiar 00:07:45.540 --> 00:07:48.560 with an air fryer It helps you crisp up everything 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:50.800 that you have. That's the main function of it. 00:07:50.839 --> 00:07:53.139 Everything else is, I think, like an extra feature. 00:07:53.439 --> 00:07:55.620 Yeah, I'm sure it allows you to bake and maybe 00:07:55.620 --> 00:07:57.459 dehydrate and everything. But at the end of the 00:07:57.459 --> 00:07:59.360 day, it's just crisping up everything without 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:02.439 using oil or maybe not much oil, right? In my 00:08:02.439 --> 00:08:06.540 case, I wanted it to use the appliances that 00:08:06.540 --> 00:08:09.139 I have at home as an input, use the ingredients 00:08:09.139 --> 00:08:13.480 that I have at home as an input as well, and 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:16.370 then spit out something. which will tell me more 00:08:16.370 --> 00:08:20.189 practical ways of how I can make food. So if 00:08:20.189 --> 00:08:22.490 I have like, let's say I have carrots, I have 00:08:22.490 --> 00:08:28.209 chicken, I don't know, potatoes, what can it 00:08:28.209 --> 00:08:30.089 suggest with what I have? And let's say I have 00:08:30.089 --> 00:08:32.289 an Instant Pot too, right? So maybe it will suggest, 00:08:32.590 --> 00:08:35.210 for example, it would tell me to bake the chicken 00:08:35.210 --> 00:08:37.450 and then like cook the chicken in the Instant 00:08:37.450 --> 00:08:41.509 Pot, shred it out with, you know, your knives 00:08:41.509 --> 00:08:44.840 and fork or whatever. use that with potatoes 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:48.100 or something like make something with the potatoes 00:08:48.100 --> 00:08:51.419 or carrots like the instant pot so everything 00:08:51.419 --> 00:08:53.940 can be done really essentially something which 00:08:53.940 --> 00:08:56.379 is easy but I just wanted it to understand that 00:08:56.379 --> 00:08:58.559 like I just didn't want like basic recipes I 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:00.320 wanted it to tell me how I can do everything 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:03.940 in an efficient way so I broke it down into categories 00:09:03.940 --> 00:09:06.240 where I told like there's three things I did 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:08.620 essentially one is the appliances then the ingredient 00:09:08.620 --> 00:09:11.039 groups and one was meal type and the last one 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:13.460 was meal types So the appliances, I told it like 00:09:13.460 --> 00:09:15.279 what kind of appliances I have at home. So for 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:17.779 example, in my case, it was an air fryer, instant 00:09:17.779 --> 00:09:21.100 pot, blender, oven, stove top, obviously, and 00:09:21.100 --> 00:09:24.940 a toaster oven and a grill. So these are like 00:09:24.940 --> 00:09:27.080 some different options. But in my case, the appliances 00:09:27.080 --> 00:09:29.000 that I had on hand was just air fryer, instant 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:35.059 pot, a blender, oven, and a stove top. So then 00:09:35.059 --> 00:09:37.220 the other thing was I had to tell it what kind 00:09:37.220 --> 00:09:39.360 of ingredient groups I have at home, like pantry 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:43.360 staples, proteins, vegetables. spices, dairy, 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:47.299 condiments, and what kind of meal types I wanted. 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:50.419 Like breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack. And 00:09:50.419 --> 00:09:52.740 the other thing I was thinking about in a future 00:09:52.740 --> 00:09:57.299 version was how to add like cuisine in it. Like 00:09:57.299 --> 00:10:00.000 what kind of different cuisines I want. Whether 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:04.139 it's Mexican or Greek or Italian, right, or Indian. 00:10:04.340 --> 00:10:07.419 So I wanted my app to feel like, you know, your 00:10:07.419 --> 00:10:11.139 grandma's recipe binder, for instance. Predictable. 00:10:12.460 --> 00:10:17.240 structured and it's always there because well 00:10:17.240 --> 00:10:19.820 i mean ai is at the end of the day garbage in 00:10:19.820 --> 00:10:22.539 garbage out so ai alone it's just sometimes it's 00:10:22.539 --> 00:10:25.179 like asking a friend who's too creative for their 00:10:25.179 --> 00:10:27.419 own good so i don't want to be too creative right 00:10:27.419 --> 00:10:29.279 don't tell me like oh something's really fancy 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:32.259 and sometimes some of those things may not make 00:10:32.259 --> 00:10:35.700 sense but i wanted some general ideas again one 00:10:35.700 --> 00:10:39.000 thing to remember with ai is like yeah it's going 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:42.240 to give you some suggestions But at the end of 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:44.639 the day, you still have to use your own brain 00:10:44.639 --> 00:10:48.700 to make the food. You have to think if those 00:10:48.700 --> 00:10:52.720 suggestions make sense to you. But you want some 00:10:52.720 --> 00:10:55.240 ideas to think a little bit at least. I know 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:58.279 you're extremely tired. And maybe something more 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:01.000 basic is fine. Like chicken cooked by itself 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:04.080 or potatoes cooked by itself. But I would say 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:08.000 not like super complex recipes. I wouldn't trust 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:09.980 AI completely there. At some point, you might 00:11:09.980 --> 00:11:12.879 have to just... youtube a bit obviously but in 00:11:12.879 --> 00:11:15.299 this case this use case is specifically for when 00:11:15.299 --> 00:11:17.639 you're like really exhausted right for those 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:20.820 kind of cases or you're like really you know 00:11:20.820 --> 00:11:22.220 it's probably the end of the month one second 00:11:22.220 --> 00:11:24.120 so that's essentially it i didn't want it to 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:26.639 be extremely creative just wanted to give some 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:29.159 basic recipes for me that i can make on a week 00:11:29.159 --> 00:11:31.399 night for example right now let's try to think 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:36.679 about how and where the ai fits it i i wanted 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:39.600 this structure i didn't want i didn't want there 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:41.539 to be like some structure to it i just wanted 00:11:41.539 --> 00:11:46.340 some recipes which i can make quick ideas essentially 00:11:46.340 --> 00:11:48.500 but obviously i'm going to be using my own brain 00:11:48.500 --> 00:11:51.460 there i wanted ai to add some fun to it and i 00:11:51.460 --> 00:11:57.720 guess the spice literally um here's how i use 00:11:57.720 --> 00:12:00.059 ai in the app here's how i use ai in the app 00:12:00.059 --> 00:12:04.299 i use it for Recipe riffing. I use it for getting 00:12:04.299 --> 00:12:07.000 some twists and basic recipes. So I'm Indian, 00:12:07.139 --> 00:12:12.600 just for context. So as an Indian, I try to make 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:18.799 veg pulao, which is nothing but cooked rice mixed 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:21.840 with... So it's nothing but rice cooked with 00:12:21.840 --> 00:12:25.860 vegetables, mixed vegetables. And an AI might 00:12:25.860 --> 00:12:28.799 suggest a Thai version of it with coconut milk 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:31.480 or a Mexican version with... chili those are 00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:34.100 some nice twists and obviously not everything 00:12:34.100 --> 00:12:36.120 not every one of those twists might make sense 00:12:36.120 --> 00:12:38.960 but it is nice to know what you can do with things 00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:42.580 you have on hand so for example you may just 00:12:42.580 --> 00:12:44.620 have the rice and you may not have any mixed 00:12:44.620 --> 00:12:47.659 vegetables at home and you may have for example 00:12:47.659 --> 00:12:49.960 that just like a tomato at home or just like 00:12:49.960 --> 00:12:52.019 the canned tomato sauce which what you can do 00:12:52.019 --> 00:12:54.419 with that for example right so ai might suggest 00:12:54.419 --> 00:12:57.559 like a twist in that recipe so that's it's nice 00:12:57.559 --> 00:12:59.850 to know At the end of the day, it might offer 00:12:59.850 --> 00:13:03.830 you some ingredient swaps, right? So if you don't 00:13:03.830 --> 00:13:06.129 have any cumin at home, it might say like use 00:13:06.129 --> 00:13:08.509 coriander powder instead. Or if you don't have 00:13:08.509 --> 00:13:11.529 coriander powder, if you have coriander or something 00:13:11.529 --> 00:13:14.029 like that, or, you know, get the drift. Like 00:13:14.029 --> 00:13:15.990 we just mentioned what all stuff you have at 00:13:15.990 --> 00:13:18.070 home and it might offer you some kind of alternative 00:13:18.070 --> 00:13:23.009 in this case. It might give you, I tell you some 00:13:23.009 --> 00:13:26.340 flavor sliders, which means that. You can tell 00:13:26.340 --> 00:13:30.200 the AI the kind of mood that you're in. If you're 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:32.779 in a mood for something quick, if you're in a 00:13:32.779 --> 00:13:37.000 mood for something spicy or healthy or something 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:41.279 even comforting, it tweaks the recipes to match 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:44.320 that vibe and also give you some smart combo 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:47.919 options, right? Like if you have tortillas, beans 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:50.320 and cheese, obviously the rules say quesadilla, 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:54.440 but AI can tell you a bit further. what about 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:58.899 some indian style masala wrap right so that you 00:13:58.899 --> 00:14:01.600 can do as well if you tell it yeah these other 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:04.179 kind of spices at home so like maybe if you have 00:14:04.179 --> 00:14:06.720 some indian spices at home like a curry masala 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:10.840 or a curry powder or some turmeric it might suggest 00:14:10.840 --> 00:14:15.179 some possible suggestions there and it might 00:14:15.179 --> 00:14:17.759 help you with some pantry chat is what i call 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:22.769 it so if you're like completely stuck so if you're 00:14:22.769 --> 00:14:25.370 like completely stuck you can just type in what 00:14:25.370 --> 00:14:29.210 you have and yeah i will throw out a few ideas 00:14:29.210 --> 00:14:31.889 to help you get going so basically it is chatting 00:14:31.889 --> 00:14:34.250 with you like a i guess what a chatbot does in 00:14:34.250 --> 00:14:38.029 that sense or your friend does right so think 00:14:38.029 --> 00:14:40.789 in more human terms like a friend but obviously 00:14:40.789 --> 00:14:43.549 it will it will give you some ideas to get you 00:14:43.549 --> 00:14:46.129 going now it's like it's like having gordon ramsey 00:14:46.129 --> 00:14:48.049 or or and your grandma in the kitchen without 00:14:48.049 --> 00:14:51.639 the yelling yes it's just it's just fun that's 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:53.559 all i think it is now here's something i wanted 00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:56.779 to try with you like i wanted to make this interactive 00:14:56.779 --> 00:15:00.779 so let's try and copy this and try it in your 00:15:00.779 --> 00:15:05.419 chat gpt application or your cloud app so let's 00:15:05.419 --> 00:15:07.919 say this is this is the prompt i want you to 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:11.840 try and and paste it in your chat gpt or cloud 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:17.480 say this right i have In bracket, list your three 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:20.919 to five ingredients and these appliances. And 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:23.419 again, list those appliances in bracket. Suggest 00:15:23.419 --> 00:15:26.620 three meal ideas. I can make it under 30 minutes. 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:29.200 So it's just to reiterate, suggest three meal 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:34.279 ideas I can make in under 30 minutes. If I'm 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:37.960 missing something, suggest simple substitutions 00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:41.600 from the pantry basics that I have at home. Keep 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:45.379 it realistic. And this can be more complex. This 00:15:45.379 --> 00:15:46.779 was the prompt essentially, but if you want to 00:15:46.779 --> 00:15:50.220 make it more complex, you can. At the end of 00:15:50.220 --> 00:15:52.379 the day, just think of it like a partner that 00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:56.440 you want to talk to. Think of it like a human, 00:15:56.539 --> 00:15:58.720 which helps with conversations. Obviously, it's 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:01.820 not a human, but you should be, if you think 00:16:01.820 --> 00:16:04.360 it like a human, like how you would talk to a 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:06.200 natural human being, that's the same thing you 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:08.440 need to do, which would help you get better responses 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:11.720 from the AI. So I want you to try this tonight. 00:16:12.190 --> 00:16:13.950 And again, I'm going to put this prompt in the 00:16:13.950 --> 00:16:16.009 show notes so you have it. And I'll be creating 00:16:16.009 --> 00:16:20.429 a discussion group for you to post your thoughts. 00:16:20.549 --> 00:16:22.629 And you can reach out to me personally. If you 00:16:22.629 --> 00:16:24.350 sign up for my free newsletter, you can directly 00:16:24.350 --> 00:16:28.490 contact me and I can respond back to that to 00:16:28.490 --> 00:16:32.250 see if you could come up with something. So try 00:16:32.250 --> 00:16:35.309 this tonight. Let me know if the AI gave you 00:16:35.309 --> 00:16:37.980 something that you could cook. or something crazy. 00:16:38.340 --> 00:16:40.679 I'd like to know, right? I'm very interested 00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:44.120 to see how this works. So try this in your prompt 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:47.120 and share your results with me on Substack or 00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:49.720 Twitter or you can just email me as well if you 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:51.480 sign up for the free newsletter. Another thing 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:53.840 I wanted to try is here's a quick quiz for you. 00:16:54.299 --> 00:16:56.899 Just it's a true or false. If you only rely on 00:16:56.899 --> 00:16:58.700 AI, this is the question, right? If you only 00:16:58.700 --> 00:17:01.440 rely on AI, it might suggest recipes you can't 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:05.799 cook because it assumes you have tools that... 00:17:06.509 --> 00:17:10.670 you don't is it true or false so i'm gonna you 00:17:10.670 --> 00:17:12.369 know say the question one more time if you only 00:17:12.369 --> 00:17:16.130 rely on ai it might suggest recipes you can't 00:17:16.130 --> 00:17:20.869 cook because it assumes you have tools you don't 00:17:20.869 --> 00:17:23.109 so i'm giving you a few seconds here to think 00:17:23.109 --> 00:17:26.150 and well here's the solution right answer is 00:17:26.150 --> 00:17:30.200 true because The app always starts with the rules 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:32.440 and AI comes second. So that's essentially it. 00:17:32.700 --> 00:17:34.819 Now, here's something I wanted to discuss with 00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:38.500 you as well in this segment. When it comes to 00:17:38.500 --> 00:17:43.500 cooking, do you prefer structure, like tried 00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:48.660 and true recipes or creativity, something new 00:17:48.660 --> 00:17:53.200 and fun? Share that answer with me online or 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:55.599 email or however you want to reach me. And all 00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:57.599 the ways to connect with me are in the show notes. 00:17:58.509 --> 00:18:00.910 I'll tell you what the community says in the 00:18:00.910 --> 00:18:03.369 next episode. I learned that, here's what my 00:18:03.369 --> 00:18:06.329 lessons from this app was. I learned that AI 00:18:06.329 --> 00:18:09.650 works best as your partner, but not as a replacement, 00:18:09.910 --> 00:18:13.630 right? In cooking, in work, in life, you need 00:18:13.630 --> 00:18:15.769 the rails first and then you need creativity. 00:18:17.009 --> 00:18:20.390 The magic isn't AI versus rules. It's AI with 00:18:20.390 --> 00:18:22.849 the rules. You need to give that context essentially. 00:18:23.829 --> 00:18:27.539 That's what makes this app useful. You can't 00:18:27.539 --> 00:18:29.900 just be saying, yeah, give me like recipes to 00:18:29.900 --> 00:18:31.380 cook because that's not going to be helpful at 00:18:31.380 --> 00:18:33.599 all. You need to give it certain instructions. 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:36.140 Talk to it like a human would. Like how would 00:18:36.140 --> 00:18:38.299 a human directly understand what kind of food 00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:40.619 you want if they don't know you at all? That's 00:18:40.619 --> 00:18:42.240 what makes this app useful. I think it always 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:44.819 gives you a real meal you can cook, but also 00:18:44.819 --> 00:18:47.500 keeps it interesting with new ideas. So to summarize 00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:50.119 that, that night with just rice, onions and potatoes, 00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:53.039 I ended up making a veg pulao. which is just 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:54.900 like I said, like a rice cooked with vegetables. 00:18:55.180 --> 00:18:57.480 And the app suggested that Thai twist with coconut 00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:59.880 milk, but that's when I realized this wasn't 00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:02.319 just about dinner. It was a mindset. So here's 00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:05.819 a challenge that I have for you. Try the prompt 00:19:05.819 --> 00:19:08.019 that I gave earlier tonight. And again, it's 00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:10.119 in the show notes. But if you want something 00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:13.700 more structured, check out that app that I built. 00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:17.019 It's also going to be in the show notes where 00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:19.859 it's a bit more code heavy. So if you wanted 00:19:19.859 --> 00:19:22.930 to try that, you can try that as well. So the 00:19:22.930 --> 00:19:26.829 rules keep you grounded, but AI will add that 00:19:26.829 --> 00:19:31.049 spark to what you're doing. And please share 00:19:31.049 --> 00:19:32.890 the results with me. I'd love to hear from you. 00:19:32.970 --> 00:19:34.589 I'd love to hear from you and I'd love to see 00:19:34.589 --> 00:19:40.430 these results as well. Until next time, may your 00:19:40.430 --> 00:19:44.009 fridge be full, your AI be helpful, and your 00:19:44.009 --> 00:19:48.319 dinner actually tastes good. well in the show 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:50.660 notes you also see some you know the prompt challenges 00:19:50.660 --> 00:19:54.180 the quiz and a discussion question and uh you 00:19:54.180 --> 00:19:55.920 know a link to the blog which will have the app 00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:59.579 as well so that will help you try to do it by 00:19:59.579 --> 00:20:06.980 yourself before before you go just wanted to 00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:11.589 let you know that i record with riverside I'm 00:20:11.589 --> 00:20:13.769 an affiliate partner Riverside. They helped me 00:20:13.769 --> 00:20:16.750 record this episode and they have amazing audio 00:20:16.750 --> 00:20:19.430 quality. So that's something I just wanted to 00:20:19.430 --> 00:20:21.710 recommend if you're ever deciding to do your 00:20:21.710 --> 00:20:24.829 own podcast. 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