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.

Microwaved french fries is a warcrime.

You could probably do this with a microwave on a small scale without having to buy pricey long range weaponry

Actually when doing war crimes you want to be indiscriminate... The less precise and accurate you are, the more destructive and terrible you're considered.

That’s hilarious!

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 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 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.

Microwaves don't deserve to be lumped in with shitty Hungry Man dinners. Or AI for that matter!

When paired with an air fryer they are perfect for ensuring meal preps like burritos are heated inside before toasting.

Also you can heat frozen rice which is healther because it lowers the glycemic index, reducing blood sugar spike and making the energy last longer in your body. On top of saving you 20 mins to cook rice for only 1-2 servings.

Also Microwaves work mostly by heating up the water in things. With that knowledge you can reheat foods such as chicken that would likely dry out using most other methods.

The whole "microwaves are killing us" is some hippy dippy bullshit. Most people would need to eat food that actually contains nutrients to begin with before they should worry about losing them during the cooking process.

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?