Google spent two months using AI to bake the perfect chocolate chip cookie – and it tastes terrible by Sarah Kimmorley on May 31, 2018, 5:16 AM 
- A small team at Google used artificial intelligence and a technique called "Bayesian Optimisation" trying to design the perfect chocolate chip cookie.
- The team gave a computer nothing except a series of ingredients and told it to bake a cookie.
- After two months, Google teamed up with Bourke St Bakery to then cook the ultimate smart cookie and Business Insider had a taste.
Can AI cook? That was the question a small research team at Google set out to answer last year.
Using artificial intelligence and a technique called "Bayesian Optimisation", the team spent two months trying to design the perfect chocolate chip cookie. The team gave a computer a series of ingredients, without any other information, and told it to simply bake a cookie. "And the first batch was terrible," Anil Sabharwal, VP of Comms and Photos at Google, said during a press event in Sydney today. "But after that it started to get a little better… and after 59 batches they actually perfected the cookie." Google Australia teamed up with Bourke St Bakery to then cook the ultimate smart cookie, and Business Insider had a taste. Our verdict? Not great. 
Instead of a crumbly or gooey biscuit, the cookie tore off with a texture somewhere between a cake and plastic. And instead of a sweet, vanilla flavour, it was overpowered by a harsh cardamom taste. Its only saving grace — the chocolate chips. At least we know bakers won't be out of a job when the robots take over. Yet. Here's the recipe Google took two months to perfect to try for yourself. 
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