AIs whip Christmas leftovers into loathsome new recipes

Computer scientists at Stanford University created the first AI, an algorithm called Forage. Using a dataset of 60,000 recipes, they trained Forage to craft new recipes using whatever you tell it is in your fridge. When given a list of typical holiday leftovers to work with, Forage came up with recipes for a Spanish potato casserole, turkey croquettes, and a spicy seafood casserole. The BBC reports that they were, respectively, "well-received," "not too bad to eat," and "about as close to a bout of food poisoning as we were prepared to get." After reading the recipe for that last one, in fact, they couldn't even bring themselves to cook it.