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The World's Biggest Spice Company is Using AI To Find New Flavors (cnn.com)
After 130 years, it can be hard to come up with new flavors, so the world's largest spice company is becoming the latest food producer to turn to artificial intelligence for help. From a report: McCormick -- the maker of Old Bay and other seasonings, spices and condiments -- hopes the technology can help it tantalize taste buds. It worked with IBM Research to build an AI system trained on decades worth of data about spices and flavors to come up with new flavor combinations. The Baltimore, Maryland-based company plans to bring its first batch of AI-assisted products to market later this year. The line of seasoning mixes, called One, for making one-dish meals, includes flavors such as Tuscan Chicken and Bourbon Pork Tenderloin. Hamed Faridi, McCormick's chief science officer, told CNN Business that using AI cuts down product development time, and that the company plans to use the technology to help develop all new products by the end of 2021.
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There's this thing called Duck Salt .. maybe IBM will suggest Turducken Salt
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And anyway, how does the AI know what shredded wheat tastes like? Maybe it tastes like chicken.
AI though?!? Really, a company that deals in spice should know the Butlerian prohibition on thinking machines.
Corporate America's way of admitting that they've run out of ideas.
Another company that got tricked by consultants to hop on the "AI" train. We all know that white people only need one type of seasoning and that is salt.
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Sell this and people will buy it:
2 tsp salt, 2 tsp garlic powder, 2 tsp dried basil, 2 tsp dried oregano, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, 1 tsp coarse black pepper, 1 tsp dried parsley, 1 tsp minced dried rosemary, 1 tsp dried marjoram, 1/2 tsp thyme, 1/2 tsp nutmeg
If you're feeling feisty add another 1/2 tsp cinnamon. This is awesome on all meats and also amazing on french fries.
I made a spice blend of (1/3) monosodium glutamate, (1/3) sodium chloride, and (1/3) white sugar, and sprinkle it on everything. A little bit goes a long way, though.
Preach it!
There are other more appealing flavors.
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Or you can substitute mizithra cheese for the same flavor.
Taste is a very subjective thing. What you like, I may not, what you think tastes unique may be totally blah for me.
Assuming you've worked out how to accurately get some electronic devices to "taste" something, how do you figure you are going to train some AI to come up with things that "taste" good to people?
AI is good at a lot of things, but fishing for subjective evaluations of things is not one of them. AI can evaluate and decide things for which there is an objective way to measure what's right, some times it can even make such decisions on less than what seems to be enough information. But how can you decide AI has created something good that is judged by subjective tests like how it tastes? Maybe your time would be better spend in the kitchen trying stuff? Oh that's right, AI let's you fire those folks with the promise that it can do everything they do, only cheaper.
If this goes too far and McCormick fires its test kitchen staff and army of tasters, it might be time to seriously consider shorting that stock.
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if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
The first time I read that name I parsed it as one of the new flavors.
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Nothing is the most under-rated approach in so many cases. This is most certainly one where not bothering would yield the benefits of the same end result, and the savings of all the time and effort needed to carry out the project.
I am shocked that McCormick has to go so low that they announce to use AI. How about you start selling Garam Masala, Tea Masala, or MSG? How about saffron?
A better solution is to add crack cocaine to everything, after first taste nobody would care about flavor and would always come back for more.
That he who controls the spice controls the universe
Now that Badia is all over I will never buy McCormick again. Their prices are outrageous compared to Badia!
will soon be supplanted by Google's line of AI seasoning mixes called Zero, tempting flavor combinations developed from scratch with no prior knowledge of what humans think they like.
Well so far all the AI did was take things that exist and make spices out of them. It probably was set up with "this tastes most like this, and little like this" All together this spice has these qualities. And basically the AI helps make the recipe for the seasoning.
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Why on earth would you buy an entire bottle of “Tuscan Chicken” or “Bourbon Pork Tenderloin” seasoning? 90% of it’s probably going to end up in the garbage, unused.
I realize spices keep a long time, but how frequently are you going to make one particular recipe?
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Just don't let it come up with "Pumpkin Spice", that makes everything taste like Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte!
As a challenge though I dare it to come up with something better than bacon, "Super Bacon" flavor! But sadly I'm expecting something like "Saddle Wood", a cross between eating an old horse saddle and a chunk of wood.
But as long as it doesn't achieve self consciousness and enslave us all I might just count it as a win.
... hire a chef.
They should try Spice instead of spice.
A study using robot/digital taste machinery already found that humans taste like bacon.
What could be better than bacon?
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Just what the world needs: A new fucking flavor.
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A single scientist in a McCormick labcoat, on the floor, his back against a door. The only light is from a flashlight. He's scared, fumbling with the camera.
I'm sorry. (panting) I'm sorry ok? I didn't know what we dealing with. We were just trying to make some money. It was a good excuse to try out TensorFlow. (slams the floor. A jar of paprika rolls into the scene) ...It was supposed to be a good career move.... (SOBS) ...But it's too late for that. The world is going to change. And I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I don't know how to fix it.
All I know now is that the spice must flow!
PS: when the OP talked about the flavor of pussy, they didn't mean licking a cat's arse, just fyi, they were referring to female (human) genitals
We all know about your mum's pussy. Taste like piss and vinegar. You could have taken a piss elsewhere and your mum could have douche with something other than vinegar.
My favorite new spice is Cinnamon Teryaki Basil.
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There are millions of spice companies in India.. Since the spice trade...
you misspoke and said msca instead of mcsa
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Arthur Dent would love to tell about the flavor of tea to this AI.