Will artificial intelligence revolutionise the food manufacturing industry? - Food Processing Technology

Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM, creators of the Watson AI system, spoke of AI and individual interactivity, and the fear individuals have of their positions being rendered obsolete. AI can sort potatoes into those set for French fry production, or those better suited to crisp or potato wedge products, meaning less waste. AI technology is being developed that could render fast food burger cooks obsolete through new and innovative cooking methods, entirely automated. Artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on business was a key talking point at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (Davos 2017). Speaking at an AI panel at Davos 2017, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discussed how simple it was to eliminate human input altogether: "its augmentation or replacement, that's a design choice. You can say replacement [of humans] is the goal, or you can say augmentation is the goal."