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		tcoff91 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I used AI-powered calorie counting apps, and they ... Read the article. What you are doing has nothing to do with the apps the article is talking about. You are providing accurate info to an LLM and it is assisting you with information processing. These apps are trying to just take a picture of arbitrary food and just trusting a neural network to be magical and tell you the macros in the food from a photo.

dyauspitr 8 months ago [–]

I actually think it’s quicker to just speak to the LLM about your diet than even taking a picture. But yes, I understand what you’re saying.

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