But, can a microwave help me commit war crimes and bomb children?
Sure, if you put explosives into it then throw it out the back of a plane or something.
Microwave imaging is used militarily, and in 2025 the US military did a public test of the Leonidas microwave weapon system to simultaneously knock out nearly 50 drones.
Microwave wins
Microwaved french fries is a warcrime.
My mouth got grainy just reading this.
You could probably do this with a microwave on a small scale without having to buy pricey long range weaponry
Me: Hey microwave export this info into a spreadsheet. Microwave:
Conclusion: same results as GPT, microwave wins.
Frankly surprising. As pessimistic as I generally am, I at least assumed that the models could handle that prompt. However, worse than I would have thought.
Except for QWEN 3.5, maybe they trained that excessively on HTML clock software? Other models sometimes hit the mark or close enough, but QWEN 3.5 had it nailed.
Funny when I thought maybe it took liberties and made a numberless clock… Then I realize it just missed the clockface so badly that you could just barely make out a 5 in it’s upper left…
I hate AI just as the next one here, but this is pretty funny. They got better than the first time I saw it.
That’s hilarious!
Both serve up old rehashed garbage slightly worse than the original. Yup.
“AI” is just a shitty microwave.
Can heat up or even cook food for you:
ChatGPT ❌
Microwave ✅
But a microwave doesn’t tell me my struggles are real and i did a great job by doing 5 dishes today…
Don’t get me wrong, this is funny, but patently false
I would never actually rely on it though. Just because it worked this time, or even fifty times, doesn’t mean it won’t fuck it up at some point.
Damn, I checked using their website, that’s why.
I actually got this idea after testing it on Anthropic Claude, I’m still laughing at the fact our most advanced chatbots are struggling to do something as simple as that.
Is this in response to the TikTokker who asked ChatGPT to time his mile run? Asking because it vent fairly viral and the CEO even reacted to it. That may be why they pushed the feature out. I believe the user’s name was Husk.
I thought of this during a debate I had with a colleague about generative AI
« -Come on, why would I trust the most advanced technology in the world if it cannot even tell the time when asked to? Even my kitchen microwave can tell the time
-Yes, but AI isn’t made to heat stuff
-…It does heat a lot of water, though »
Is it actually 60 seconds though or does it just trigger at 21:16:00?
It might work at the moment, one of the gripes I’ve had is that day to day previously working stuff doesn’t work anymore. So it’s hard to specifically rely upon specific behavior.
Especially since the tendency of the LLMs is to say “Ok, I’ve done X” even if it doesn’t have a skill or access to do X. So you can’t rely on it to even accurately indicate that it can’t do it.
I love this too
Wow
Who in their right mind uses a microwave to heat water.
its more efficient than a gas stovetop. not as efficient as an electric kettle.
and less toxic
Well, I didn’t want to buy a datacenter to make my morning tea…
People who bring a cup of instant ramen to work but don’t have a good water cooler w/ hot tap. (Electric kettles aren’t considered standard in American kitchens, even if a lot of us havem hanging around.)
Reheat cold tea? Only need to heat up 50mL of water in a glass?
Using the microwave as a kitchen timer for the stove is GOATed
Nitpick. Chatgpt can’t to much but it can tell time. I hope. Haven’t used it.
