IBMs Watson takes on gourmet cuisine (photos) ift.tt/O144ya At SXSW in Austin, IBMs Watson group showed how cognitive computing can help put together a gourmet meal unlike anyone has ever seen before.AUSTIN, Texas--IBMs Watson computer beat the world at Jeopardy. But can it cook? That was the question on a lot of peoples minds Thursday night as they made their way to a dinner being hosted by IBM Research. The chefs were highly-trained experts from New Yorks famed Institute for Culinary Education. The menu, though, had a very geeky twist: It was largely put together by IBMs cognitive computing system. The deal was this: the chefs gave the Watson system basics about each dish: the region it should be from, the type of dish, and the main ingredient. Then Watson dug into ICEs proprietary database of more than 30,000 recipes and put together a totally unique set of ingredients. The chefs then formulated the recipes and cooked the meal. All told, it was a two-year project that culminated in this dinner, and in a food truck that will be at South by Southwest this week, welcoming members of the public to come and create their own recipe using the system. This is the so-called cognitive cocktail, or the Ivorian Bourbon Punch. It contains vanilla, turmeric, bourbon, Triple Sec, banana, lemon, lemon juice, water, and honey. [Read more]
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 12:07:07 +0000
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