Procrastinate this Valentine’s Day, or need someone to talk to? Artificial intelligence (AI) has your back in more ways than one.
It’s Valentine’s Day — the holiday on which couples profess their love for one another by gifting chocolates and roses, sharing candlelit meals, and basking together in the glow of a fire (or television). If you’re hitched and somehow procrastinated until now, not to worry — fortunately, artificial intelligence (AI) can help. While robots lack the capacity for affection, they’re more than capable of reserving a floral bouquet, composing a heartfelt melody, and serving up the perfect recipe for a romantic home-cooked meal.
That’s all to say if you’re in need of a little machine learning assistance this V-Day, you’re in luck — lots of companies have it on tap. Here’s a roundup of the best we’ve seen.
Food Network — the television home of Bobby Flay, Rachael Ray, and countless other celebrity gastronomers — has a new Alexa skill for Valentine’s Day dubbed Date Your Dessert. It’s as it sounds, more or less: Shouting the magic words (“Alexa, ask Food Network to play Date Your Dessert”) in the direction of an Amazon Alexa-enabled smart speaker, set-top box, or smart display queues up a game show in which you and your significant other are presented three recipes at random. You’re both tasked with uncovering the identity of said recipes from clues supplied by Date Your Dessert, after which you’re prompted to select a match.
