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The face of the Moscow restaurant She is a digital avatar Sasha Weiner. She is the artificial intelligence who worked on the menu. The host of the Industry 4.0 YouTube channel Nikolai Dubinin understood the features of this institution
Why does a restaurant need new technologies
Perhaps the most obvious reason for AI in the kitchen is customer acquisition. Young people – especially Generation Z – rarely part with gadgets. They will certainly want to visit a restaurant that uses new technologies in its work. But, according to restaurateur Boris Zarkov, this is not the only reason.
The use of artificial intelligence is a step into the future. It can not only perform mechanical tasks, but also create – for example, create a menu.
Broccoli from artificial intelligence
How does AI create recipes? First, She’s chefs collected a large number of different recipes and uploaded them to the AI system. Then the system was finalized – and it became the brain of that same Sasha Weiner.
Digital Sasha comprehended all the recipes loaded into it and gave out new dishes that are served in the restaurant today. True, sometimes artificial intelligence suggested, for example, adding fish to ice cream. Brand chef Vladimir Mukhin double-checked AI-generated recipes to prevent such product combinations. He also trained Sasha Weiner to generate the right flavor combinations. Of course, the restaurant owners couldn’t trust AI to completely come up with the menu: Sasha worked on only 2% of the recipes.
The restaurant has two types of menus: paper and electronic – on the tablet. In the online version, the visitor can indicate their preferences, as well as clarify whether they are allergic to any products. According to Zarkov, in the future, AI will be able to use data from the clinic: the visitor will log in through the application, come to the restaurant, and artificial intelligence will automatically show what you can eat and what not.
Digital avatar device
About the “girl” who creates delicious dishes, it is worth telling in more detail. First, the visual style of the avatar was developed. According to AI creators Antix, it took about three months. Sasha Weiner is a mixture of a neural network, artists’ designs and computer graphics. This is the so-called 3D blank, which works in real time.
The uniqueness of the digital Sasha Weiner is that anyone can become it. The technology is somewhat reminiscent of a spacesuit in which you can enter and, as it were, work on behalf of another person. She will adopt your habits, facial expressions.
The voice of the digital avatar is generated by the actor. Some companies are creating a synthetic voice, but for now this is still under development.
If you want to buy such a digital double instead of yourself, then the approximate price of pleasure is from $70 to $100. developed by Epic Games), this will allow the production of content in real time.
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