Crimm Grunk Garlic Cleas – and other recipes created by a neural network

Mark Frauenfelder 9:15 am Thu Mar 30, 2017

Research scientist Janelle Shane has been training a neural network to generate food recipes by giving it tens of thousands of cookbook recipes. The neural net's recipes are excellent:

Beef Soup With Swamp Peef And Cheese

Chocolate Chops & Chocolate Chips

Crimm Grunk Garlic Cleas

Beasy Mist

Export Bean Spoons In Pie-Shell, Top If Spoon and Whip The Mustard

Chocolate Pickle Sauce

Whole Chicken Cookies

Salmon Beef Style Chicken Bottom

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Cover Meats

Out Of Meat

Completely Meat Circle

Completely Meat Chocolate Pie

Cabbage Pot Cookies

Artichoke Gelatin Dogs

Crockpot Cold Water

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