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"A disclaimer before we start: Chef Watson isn’t great at telling you when stuff is actually ready and cooked." "Yes, it's has great potential, but their are s

"A disclaimer before we start: Chef Watson isn’t great at telling you when stuff is actually ready and cooked." "Yes, it's has great potential, but their are so many nuances that go into a simple meal." The right programming will probally eventually solve the problem, and AI will replace chefs? I hope it doesn't progress that far though. Maybe I'm the exception, but when I make myself a meal, these thoughts go through my mind--sometimes(Most of the time I greatful there's food in front of me.) but here goes: Too much food is probally not healthy--obesity potential and believe in calorie restriction. Did I get enough exercise in order to eat a big meal today? I ate too much protein yesterday, I will cut back today. I will use a little less salt tonight because I need to watch my blood pressure--especially if stressed. Did I include enough fiber because the the medication I'm on is affecting my digestion? Should I eat another portion of fish--the Mercury. Is my date allergic to anything I am cooking, or they a vegan, vegetarian? Did I wash the organic lettuce enough? Can I use all the milk in the recipe, my roommate will not have enough for her Cheerios to tomorrow. Oh, and this portion of ingredients I just pulled out of the frig. just doesn't look right, and I don't want to take a chance on food poisoning.(The expiration date is O.k., and it smells right, but there's something telling me to throw it out. (I notice a cat I feed hovers over it's food sometimes, and doesn't eat the perfectly good can of cat food. I sometimes think, he's not being just finicky, and I'm not going to second guess a few million years of feline nasal receptors; I will just give him a different can of the same food.) I don't think like this over every meal, but sometimes these thoughts do run through my mind occasionally. Sometimes I think I have a lot of unconscious thought that affect my daily life? It's these nuances that, I think, hope--differentiates humans from machines. In reality, AI does scare me becaucase I think they will get all the kinks worked out, and there's not a day that goes by that I don't think about the warning from Hawking's, Gates, and the Tesla guy.

douche 11y ago
> I ate too much protein yesterday I can honestly say that's never a statement that has ever crossed my mind, haha. > Is my date allergic to anything I am cooking, or they a vegan, vegetarian? This is incredibly frustrating. It seems like every single young woman has bizarre food taboos that are based on no rational basis. The gluten-phobia thing has gotten out of hand, but in general there is just so much food woo going around.
- sarahj 11y ago
  > It seems like every single young woman has bizarre food taboos that are based on no rational basis. I'll ignore the blatant sexism. As a young woman, although admittedly not single, who happens to be vegan I really don't understand the point you are trying to make here. I am vegan because I would rather not have had a sentient animal purposely killed for my meal - and it is a decision I came to after years of thought and consideration. And yes, there is a growing trend of people caring what they put in their bodies - whether it is noticing that caffeine after 2pm disturbs their sleep, or that as they age they need to consider an increase in b12 or vitamin D - the majority of these choices are very rational ones - I have yet to meet a person whose diet choices fall out of the range of rationality - except, perhaps, the excuses people give me for not cutting down the amount of <insert foot they acknowledge they eat too much of> in their diet.
  - venomsnake 11y ago
    > I'll ignore the blatant sexism. Stating a fact or observation is not sexist by itself. The anecdotal data around me shows that the people with food intolerance and I won't eat X because someone in the newspaper misinterpreted a study have a even number of X chromosomes. To make sure there is balance - there is a lot of bronutrition in the opposite direction. > I have yet to meet a person whose diet choices fall out of the range of rationality Any person that observes religious restrictions - that is not rational. Also any person that refuses to eat X based on pseudo, improperly conducted or improperly understood science. > I am vegan because I would rather not have had a sentient animal purposely killed for my meal - and it is a decision I came to after years of thought and consideration. That will push you only to vegetarian. To go vegan you need more reasons.
    - sarahj 11y ago
      I will agree that there is much ignorance in the world surrounding what we eat and in science in general - however, as I said, when I talk to people who have dietary restrictions they tend to have a sound, rational basis for them. > That will push you only to vegetarian. To go vegan you need more reasons. There are no animal products which do not involve the killing of sentient creatures (if you doubt this I would suggest learning about the process by which milk or eggs are farmed).
icebraining 11y ago
AI will be much better than humans at taking those things into account consistently. Combined with real-time health monitoring, it'll actually be much better at choosing adequate recipes than you and me, who have to rely on outdated data and heuristics. Spoiled food detection is also coming - the food can itself will warn you if it's spoiled: http://www.checkpack.ugent.be/ http://www.checkpack.ugent.be/

douche 11y ago

> I ate too much protein yesterday I can honestly say that's never a statement that has ever crossed my mind, haha. > Is my date allergic to anything I am cooking, or they a vegan, vegetarian? This is incredibly frustrating. It seems like every single young woman has bizarre food taboos that are based on no rational basis. The gluten-phobia thing has gotten out of hand, but in general there is just so much food woo going around.

sarahj 11y ago
> It seems like every single young woman has bizarre food taboos that are based on no rational basis. I'll ignore the blatant sexism. As a young woman, although admittedly not single, who happens to be vegan I really don't understand the point you are trying to make here. I am vegan because I would rather not have had a sentient animal purposely killed for my meal - and it is a decision I came to after years of thought and consideration. And yes, there is a growing trend of people caring what they put in their bodies - whether it is noticing that caffeine after 2pm disturbs their sleep, or that as they age they need to consider an increase in b12 or vitamin D - the majority of these choices are very rational ones - I have yet to meet a person whose diet choices fall out of the range of rationality - except, perhaps, the excuses people give me for not cutting down the amount of <insert foot they acknowledge they eat too much of> in their diet.
- venomsnake 11y ago
  > I'll ignore the blatant sexism. Stating a fact or observation is not sexist by itself. The anecdotal data around me shows that the people with food intolerance and I won't eat X because someone in the newspaper misinterpreted a study have a even number of X chromosomes. To make sure there is balance - there is a lot of bronutrition in the opposite direction. > I have yet to meet a person whose diet choices fall out of the range of rationality Any person that observes religious restrictions - that is not rational. Also any person that refuses to eat X based on pseudo, improperly conducted or improperly understood science. > I am vegan because I would rather not have had a sentient animal purposely killed for my meal - and it is a decision I came to after years of thought and consideration. That will push you only to vegetarian. To go vegan you need more reasons.
  - sarahj 11y ago
    I will agree that there is much ignorance in the world surrounding what we eat and in science in general - however, as I said, when I talk to people who have dietary restrictions they tend to have a sound, rational basis for them. > That will push you only to vegetarian. To go vegan you need more reasons. There are no animal products which do not involve the killing of sentient creatures (if you doubt this I would suggest learning about the process by which milk or eggs are farmed).

icebraining 11y ago

AI will be much better than humans at taking those things into account consistently. Combined with real-time health monitoring, it'll actually be much better at choosing adequate recipes than you and me, who have to rely on outdated data and heuristics. Spoiled food detection is also coming - the food can itself will warn you if it's spoiled: http://www.checkpack.ugent.be/ http://www.checkpack.ugent.be/