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AI and keeping the ‘human in the loop’ with Markus Stripf

 

Here’s what to expect…

We speak to Markus Stripf, an insightful co-founder who built his tech company, Spoon Guru, around nutrition expertise.

“Our first hire was a nutritionist- there’s no point building something that’s technologically sophisticated but scientifically inaccurate”.

He describes his team’s work as operating at the intersection between health and technology with a substantial part of the company made up of nutritionists. He talks us through what robust methodology looks like in the space of AI, food and nutrition – and how they deploy a ‘human in the loop’ approach- which refers to the inclusion of a qualified team of nutrition experts who constantly supervise the machines. Markus describes how they use this technology to work with some of the biggest retailers in the world.

Anna hits hard with her some of her questions: Is this our time to battle the bots? Should we be worried as nutritionists we’re going to be replaced?

The response from Markus was not only reassuring, but inspiring and has since been the subject of many conversations between Anna and Danielle.

As nutritionists we would encourage our listeners to step into this world of tech and build their understanding and perhaps even consider working with those in this fast-paced sector to make sure what gets created is safe, accurate and really does help deliver positive health outcomes.

We must ensure credibility underpins technological innovations and hope this podcast episode helps tick off some of the key phases and terminologies used to help our listeners explore this new world. Markus eloquently discusses these key terms in the context of food and nutrition, whilst also sharing some of the challenges and issues he has faced in the field.

Happy listening!

Terminology tick list covered in this episode:

  • Unstructured data
  • Human in the loop
  • Machine learning
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Gen (generative) AI
  • Data processing engine
  • Meta data
  • Hallucinations
  • Personalised
  • Discoverable

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