Delis are going viral for horrifying AI-slop menus. I called one to try to understand why they did it.

A menu of AI-generated sandwiches in Chicago. Chris Murphy Delis and other restaurants are using AI to make menus. The results are often horrifyingly unsettling, like perfectly round shrimp. I asked one deli in Chicago why they used AI for their menu — and they had a reasonable answer. Chris Murphy said he was on his lunch break from his job as a server at a restaurant in downtown Chicago when he walked to the nearby Chi-Town Deli to buy a sandwich. As he scanned the menu, he noticed…