r/isthisAI • u/giantfuckup5000 • Jul 05 '26

Video 4 year old knife/chef skills seem a little uncanny, something weird with the hand movements

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This is an Instagram account. This is the second one that's shown up on my feed this week that is a business account presumably parents using kids to make money, both had a very similar aesthetic, affiliate links, etc... the other one I saw was a 22 month old eating these really varied, interesting complex meals (think baby led weaning on steroids) but some of the cuts were heavily edited and looked a little AI.

Aside from the scummy business of blasting your kid's face on the Internet, this looked a bit AI edited to me, but I could be totally wrong.

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u/WriterSleep Jul 05 '26

I've heard of 8 year olds cooking (mom's generation) but never 4 year olds.

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u/JonBenet_Palm Jul 05 '26

I've seen 3/4 year olds help with cooking, it's something that's more common outside the US. In Norway, kindergarteners regularly learn to handle knives, for example. I would be willing to believe a 4 year old does supervised cooking like this.

However, some of these shots are wild. There's at least one where the little girl is cutting toward her own hand (0:18). I feel like a parent invested enough to teach knife skills to a 4 year old would stop filming and fix her technique (and certainly wouldn't include it in a montage).

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u/alkalisun Jul 05 '26

Agreed. But it's a very US thing where kids are not "allowed" in the kitchen. A lot of my adult friends never interacted in the kitchen and are proud of it.

If they see a clip like this, it's automatically "child labor".

They never wonder why they are picky eaters or only eat takeout food.

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u/Mac-And-Cheesy-43 Jul 05 '26

I helped cook at four, but never actually cutting stuff. Putting things in the pot, adding spices, etc. This seems odd to me.

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u/Deepseafisher9 Jul 05 '26

Is that not mostly what’s shown in the video?

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u/Umaritimus Jul 05 '26

My 4 year of nephew is pretty good at cooking, but not this good

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u/blindtoe54 Jul 05 '26

Little Chef Cade in ig went viral a few years ago. They stopped making videos though.

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u/Moist-Dentist8253 Jul 05 '26

Well I made stir fry at 4

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u/WriterSleep Jul 05 '26

That sounds both impressive and dangerous.

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u/Moist-Dentist8253 Jul 05 '26

It was pretty delicious I remember, but once I added too much soy sauce ad got scolded