Up until now, I’ve resisted using ChatGPT, mainly because I’m terrified I’ll love it too much and be even more addicted to my phone. Everyone around me swears by it, like my best friend who relies on it for healthy recipe ideas. She is among many using OpenAI’s chatbot to plan weekly meals. You merely ask the bot to whip up a meal plan that caters to your dietary needs and budget, and within seconds, it delivers a handful of recipe ideas along with a detailed grocery list.
Considering the astronomical prices of goods right now (the cost of a dozen eggs is up 303 percent since 2019, and frozen orange juice has more than doubled), it makes sense that people are doing whatever they can to save. AI technology has its downsides, though. ChatGPT is known to spread misinformation, and we recently learned that it can have serious environmental consequences because of the unconscionable amounts of water it uses to keep its servers running efficiently. According to The Washington Post, sending the bot a 100-word message, roughly the length of this paragraph, uses approximately 17 ounces of water. For…
