AI Applications You Would Have Never Imagined – Part 1

We have mostly talked about the famous applications of Artificial Intelligence like Netflix, Amazon, Siri etc. But all of this fall short in comparison to the ones you are about to read. Let’s get started.

The Latest Musical Hit

Ambassadors, Elle King, and Wiz Khalifa’s latest single “Not Easy” which is now at number 4 on iTunes’ Hot Tracks list is actually based on findings obtained with big data. Themed on heartbreak, artificial intelligence searched through millions of conversations, newspaper titles, and lectures to come up with the composition. After they defined the theme, machine learning algorithms programmed to create music found different musical elements, which gave them ideas on how this piece should sound.

Virtual Chef

Imagine a virtual chef by your side next time you cook, guiding you through each step of the recipe to prepare that culinary delight you never thought possible. This is exactly what Chef Watson does. Its artificial intelligence will help you create a recipe based on the ingredients you already have or on something you’re craving. It consists of algorithms that goes through your ingredients and then suggests several options on the dishes you can make with them, along with instructions on how to prepare it.

Smart Investor

Ira Sages from Businessweek magazine challenged the Director of Quid AI, Bob Goodson in 2009 to program a computer to choose 50 companies that no one had heard of and turn them into the most successful startups. 8 years later, the magazine reviewed the list to see how accurate “Goodson and his machine” were. The results surprised even the creator: Evernote, Spotify, Etsy, Zynga, Palantir, Cloudera, OPOWER, and so on. Surprisingly, 20% of the companies the computer chose were valued at a billion dollars.

AI has many such implementations that you would have never thought of. Keep watching this space for more.