Japan venture strives to spread its wagyu evaluation tech using AI

Who has the best cows. Right.

Currently, wagyu grading is done by Japan Meat Grading Association officials.

And was there a problem with accuracy that made this necessary, or was this yet another misguided use of a technology “because we could.”

I assume the officials, who probably did a perfectly satisfactory job, are now unemployed.

it's a simple AI implementation of an ordinary task.

this tech is very simple and straight forward, anyone could do it.

That's not AI. That's arithmetic.

Nowadays you can 3D print wagyu beef. What’s the point?

I seriously doubt this is real AI, it sounds like image recognition according to tightly set rules, but it would be great if the computer they are using spat a piece of ticker tape saying "the cheap cut of beef is the best, but you and the Mr Imperial Hotel o-kyakusama are cooking it wrong".

Getting computers to tell you what you want to hear is not AI.

I’ll take an Angus sirloin any day.

A fair evaluation of luxury wagyu will be an advantage in marketing them overseas. 

When here in Japan most people cannot differentiate between wagyu and processed beef injected with fat to make it look like japanese beef. What good is it overseas when 99 percent of people have never heard of the word wagyu let alone seen one.

AI is the new buzzword word, used by most without really knowing what AI is. Some are just using the word with the sole intention of giving their product added value and reason to mark up the price.

That's not AI. That's arithmetic.

Japan is good at PR.

I’ll take an Angus sirloin any day.

Really?

Wagyu beef have higher proportions of monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) due to higher concentrations of oleic acid. MUFAs have little effect on total cholesterol and they are heart-healthy dietary fat because they can lower low-density lipoprotein LDL-cholesterol while increasing high-density lipoprotein HDL-cholesterol.

Angus = bad

Wagyu = good

Angus = bad

Wagyu = good

Wagyu too greasy for most people over the age of about 25.

Wagyu - bad

Angus - good

Wagyu too greasy for most people over the age of about 25. 

Wagyu - bad

Angus - good

I couldn't agree more, Wagyu is just awful, greasy, and way over-hyped.

Peter Neil - the components you ascribed to Wagyu beef may actually be fact, but whether or not they realize a lowering of "bad" cholesterol and the raising of "good" has not been determined. Very little research has been published. With those having cholesterol problems, Salmon - and other fish - would appear to be a better alternative.

Wagyu is not what one would call a natural product. The process of feeding is highly regulated over the cows short life and includes large amounts of bean/grain and other formulas to achieve the high fat ratio. Most Wagyu raising fits the definition of factory farmed with the term free-range Wagyu being an oxymoron.

And from the article - "... a camera equipped with a sensor that can quantify flavor...".

And here's me thinking that the subjectivity of personal tastes differing from one to another as being "normal", but now a camera may well "equalize" our taste buds by taking the guessing out of it. A triumph for humankind?

Might as well just eat a tub of lard.

A normal portion of Wagyu is fine. Too many western people eat a hunk of meat the size of a Toyota with no flavor and the consistency of a hockey puck.

Japan is 185th in obesity. Check out your country here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_obesity_rate

I'm hopeless but the term Wagyu makes me think of my sweet doggie wagging his tail in delight, possibly over some nice beef on the kitchen counter (the not so little thief !). Maybe a wagging doggie is the best quality indicator? if they wag their tail it has to be good, lol.