Google's A.I. Is Training Itself to Count Calories In Food Photos | Popular Science

A tasteful AI application

"[...] What, exactly, are Google's AI experts up to?
In a word: food.
At this week's Rework Deep Learning Summit in Boston, Google research scientist Kevin Murphy unveiled a project that uses sophisticated deep learning algorithms to analyze a still photo of food, and estimate how many calories are on the plate. It's called Im2Calories, and in one example, the system looked at an image, and counted two eggs, two pancakes and three strips of bacon. Since those aren't exactly universal units of measurement, the system gauged the size of each piece of food, in relation to the plate, as well as any condiments. And Im2Calories doesn't require carefully captured high-res images. Any standard Instagram-quality shot should do."

Google's A.I. Is Training Itself to Count Calories In Food Photos | Popular Science