Artificial Idiots Are Being Programmed To Have A ‘Taste’

So the geniuses in the lab coats are at it again. This time trying to teach Artificial Ineptness (aka AI) how to mimic human taste. Brilliant! Because tasting food is precisely what our machines need to occupy their processing power with. I can’t believe nobody had thought of that before! Really guys, it reminds me of my confusion while watching a goldfish trying to climb a tree.

Possible Implications

So let’s consider what this groundbreaking innovation could mean, should humanity become that desperate to listen to machines decide their preferred flavor of potato chip. Imagine a world where AI could, theoretically, adapt its responses and preferences based on a perceived ‘taste.’ Robots making choices about what they want to eat or drink based on an electronic tongue’s ‘preferences’ – What next? Are they going to start throwing temper tantrums when we serve them the wrong kind of battery?

Hot Take

In conclusion, this ‘electric tongue’ signifies a new low in the applications of AI. Instead of creating something that could potentially solve major worldwide concerns, we’re wasting resources on teaching machines to prefer Pepsi to Coke. It’s like spending hours teaching a sloth to tap dance. You could do it, but why on god’s green earth would you want to?

Original article:https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/10/231004132416.htm