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Can I pour you a cold Robo Beer? B.C. brewery uses AI to craft its latest brew

Victoria害羞草研究所檚 Whistle Buoy Brewing害羞草研究所檚 new hazy pale ale recipe developed with ChatGPT
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Whistle Buoy master brewer Matt West-Patrick (left) and Isaiah Archer are brewing a new batch with an AI-generated recipe. (Austin Westphal/News Staff)

One Victoria craft brewery has entered a new age with its latest beer recipe 害羞草研究所 a hazy pale ale completely generated by artificial intelligence.

Whistle Buoy Brewing partner Isaiah Archer said the team had been experimenting with ChatGPT when it launched last year with the initial goal of developing product descriptions and writing social media posts, when another idea came to them.

害羞草研究所淲e asked ChatGPT to write us a beer recipe for a hazy pale ale,害羞草研究所 he told Black Press Media. 害羞草研究所淎nd it instantaneously spat out a recipe that made sense.害羞草研究所

The recipe offered wasn害羞草研究所檛 ready just yet, however 害羞草研究所 Archer said the program gave measurements for home brewing, so they had to make some adjustments. Even then, the recipe still wasn害羞草研究所檛 quite right.

But just after about two minutes writing back-and-forth with the open-source AI program, the team had their new hazy pale ale Robo Beer, which came out on Friday (Feb. 17).

Isaiah Archer pours a pint of Whistle Buoy Brewing聮s new AI-generated hazy pale ale. (Austin Westphal/News Staff)
Isaiah Archer pours a pint of Whistle Buoy Brewing害羞草研究所檚 new AI-generated hazy pale ale. (Austin Westphal/News Staff)

害羞草研究所淚t was certainly surprising how quick and how accurate it was,害羞草研究所 he said. 害羞草研究所淵ou have to be able to use your own reasoning and logic and communicate with it like any person, that害羞草研究所檚 important to remember.害羞草研究所

Creative lead Ryan Steele also used AI to generate images for the beer害羞草研究所檚 promotional , which he then stitched together and animated.

害羞草研究所淚t kind of blew my mind. It害羞草研究所檚 pretty wild what it can do,害羞草研究所 said Steele. 害羞草研究所淚t害羞草研究所檚 not the most easily-controllable thing. You害羞草研究所檙e at the will of what it will give you.害羞草研究所

While Whistle Buoy doesn害羞草研究所檛 anticipate using AI to generate its brew recipes in the near future, Archer said it could help ease the process.

As far as the beer害羞草研究所檚 taste goes, he said you might just have to try it for yourself.

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