Which of these unusual flavor pairings was suggested as a scientific
Chapter 1

The art of prompt recipes

Chapter 2

Computational gastronomy and Chef Watson

Chapter 3

When the AI chef goes wild

Chapter 4

From code to the physical frying pan

YOUR GOAL

Master of Cooking up code in the AI kitchen

Ch 2 · Computational gastronomy and Chef Watson
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High pitch makes it sweet, High pitch makes it sweet, A sonic trick for what we eat.

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Data can find unexpected connections, but human craft makes them work.

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The birth of Chef Watson

007skaty In 2012, IBM partnered with New York's Institute of Culinary Education, bringing laptops into kitchens to train Watson on recipe datasets.

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Chemoinformatics in the kitchen

007skaty Chemoinformatics helps artificial intelligence design new recipes by comparing molecular food profiles.

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Spoonful of Bytes
BETA

007skaty Sort data bytes into the mixing bowl to discover how AI learns from recipes.

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Fun Fact

Vietnamese kebab: Chef Watson once suggested a bizarre recipe for a Vietnamese apple kebab, showing that supercomputers have occasionally weird culinary tastes.

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Glossary
computational gastronomy (noun)
An interdisciplinary science that applies data-driven computing methods to analyze food, flavors, and culinary practices. IBM's Watson supercomputer collaborated with culinary experts in 2015 to generate recipes using algorithmic flavor analysis.

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Gossip

Can an algorithm ever possess true culinary creativity?

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In which year did IBM partner with the Institute of Culinary Education to develop Chef Watson?

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007skaty Chemoinformatics uses molecular science to find new food pairings.

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Gossip

Would you eat a meal designed entirely by a supercomputer?

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Which famous television game show did IBM's Watson win just before entering the culinary world?

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Which of these unusual flavor pairings was suggested as a scientific match by Chef Watson?

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What scientific field did Chef Watson use to analyze the molecular and aromatic compounds of ingredients?

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Which Food Network champion worked directly with IBM to translate Chef Watson's ingredient lists into real dishes?

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Why did Chef Watson require a human chef to complete its recipes?

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What two scores did Chef Watson calculate to evaluate the quality of its generated recipes?

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What branch of psychology did IBM use to help Chef Watson predict human sensory pleasure from food?

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