{"id":4425,"date":"2024-02-16T17:02:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T16:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virdex.it\/2024\/02\/16\/ais-cooking-today\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T17:02:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T16:02:04","slug":"ais-cooking-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virdex.it\/en\/2024\/02\/16\/ais-cooking-today\/","title":{"rendered":"AI’s cooking today!"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text text_larger=”no”][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text text_larger=”no”]Is AI<\/strong> capable of cooking?<\/p>\n

First thing first: a distinction has to be made between the creation<\/em> of a recipe and its practical execution<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ironically, the most used analogy to define the algorithm<\/em> is precisely the “recipe”: the ingredients are the inputs;<\/em> the various steps of cutting, blending and whatnot are part of a follow-chart<\/em>; and, eventually, the goals<\/em> to achieve.<\/p>\n

Therefore, it is a more than obvious consequence that creating a recipe is bread and butter<\/em>\u00a0to AI.<\/p>\n

Yeah, the terrible pun was intended.<\/p>\n

Anyhoo… what kind of results come out of it?<\/p>\n

On a viral video on YouTube, chef Joshua Weissman<\/a> challenged AI to write three recipes: burgers, fried chicken and chocolate chip cookies. The panel of tasters (blindfolded, of course) decreed a landslide victory for the human<\/em> chef.<\/p>\n

Considering that it was the human who organized the challenge and posted it on his YouTube channel, well, I would have been surprised at a different outcome!<\/p>\n

But now, the second question: can AI physically create a recipe?<\/strong><\/p>\n

An experiment<\/a> was carried out by a team of researchers from the University of Cambridge, led by Dr Grzegorz Sochacki<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A robot chef, not initially programmed for the task, was shown 8 recipe videos (simple videos, created precisely for this purpose).<\/p>\n

The robot managed to decipher the processes and ingredients with some success: out of 16 videos viewed, the robot recognized the correct recipe in 93% of cases, understanding the actions of the human chef in 83% of cases, in addition to having grasped nuances<\/em> such as slight variations and errors in dosages.<\/p>\n

Finally, the robot managed to create a recipe from scratch, taking advantage of Incremental Learning<\/em>.<\/p>\n

So? Do we fire all the chefs in the world and let AI cook?<\/p>\n

Oh no… the system is still at a rudimentary level.<\/p>\n

As Dr. Sochacki pointed out:<\/p>\n

“The robot has done it on a rather limited scale and with a limited variety of dishes”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And said dishes were salads, certainly not some sort of “haute cuisine”.<\/p>\n

Besides that, the system wouldn’t be able, at this stage, to follow a more complicated video-recipe, like the ones you can find on the net.<\/p>\n

So, let’s sum it up: this is a great starting point<\/em>.
\nStill, there is much more to a dish than just an algorithm.<\/p>\n

Creativity, emotions and instinct<\/em> are not the preserve of computers.<\/p>\n

At least, not yet…<\/p>\n

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