Can people distinguish the taste between a cocktail generated by AI and one lovingly crafted by a human bartender? We challenged a group of bar patrons to submit their drink preferences in order to produce two unique cocktails for them to try. Watch and see which drinks align best with individual human flavor profiles: the precision of AI or the art of human craftsmanship.
Director: Sean Dacanay; Joe Pickard
Director of Photography: Dylan Bergeson; Sean Havey
Expert: Robert Gonzalez
Creative Producer: Wendi Jonassen
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas
Production Manager: Peter Brunette; D. Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Casting Producer: Vanessa Brown
Gaffer: Cameron Nielsen
Sound Mixer: Greg Miller
Production Assistant: Zachariah Keiler-Bradshaw; Bria Light
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@masonkim7
January 29, 2024 at 12:50 pm
as companies/app developers build up big data in terms of human preferences and the nuances involved in making an alcoholic beverage, the results will get better and better. for now humans win. In the future AI will win. It all comes down to how and who will be able to leverage big data in order to apply it to this small part of life. It’ll take a while because there are other more important aspects of life such as diseases and illnesses that are first in line for this process to develop.
@lahdhirianas7324
January 29, 2024 at 12:51 pm
so which was better? they should’ve just picked their favorite so the video is informative and not arbitrarily guess which one’s which
@MartyD
January 29, 2024 at 12:53 pm
prefer the human touch
@joshuaDstarks
January 29, 2024 at 12:56 pm
One of these drinks was lovingly crafted by a bartender looking to pay his bills and put food in the fridge.
The other is lifelessly concocted by a rigid machine based on a bunch of beeps and boops. No kids, no bills, not even a belly to fill.
@lebronjohnson6735
January 29, 2024 at 1:12 pm
People don’t understand how gpt works. It’s not creating new cocktails based on the preferences. It’s scanning the pattern of thousands of cocktail recipes online created by Humans and then trying to create a pattern out of these. How good that works shows the first recipe.
@oyuyuy
January 29, 2024 at 3:03 pm
You don’t understand how “new” works. It doesn’t matter if it’s inspired by existing recipes, if it’s new it’s new.
A human would probably do it in the same way – if you wanted a new sour drink, you might look at recipes for other sour drinks and just pick and mix with similar proportions.
@misterscottintheway
January 29, 2024 at 1:14 pm
This was a disappointing video. The narrative starts to feel extremely rushed after the first drink and then there is absolutely no payoff. The bartender’s spiel at the end was at odds with the actual results. Absolutely no insight. Makes me wonder if the whole video was written and edited by ChatGPT. I want my 5 minutes back.
@Aragorn7884
January 29, 2024 at 1:17 pm
It’s all 50/50…🤷
@JSGilbert
January 29, 2024 at 1:19 pm
The question should have been, “Which of the 2 drinks do you prefer?” Unfortunately, guessing at AI vs. Human gives us no clues as to either AI’s or the barman’s actual ability to interpret the request to the liking and/ or palatability.
@TylerGaisford
January 29, 2024 at 1:53 pm
Agreed! They are playing a game of Werewolf.
@Alr1ghtyThen
January 29, 2024 at 7:12 pm
Plus i am thinking that the bartender made his own creations better either on purpose or by accident. He said “we don’t usually stir drinks with juice in then” which tells my he’s even making the AI drinks against his own bias.
@thanos879
January 29, 2024 at 1:32 pm
Not that interesting. When actual robot hands make the drink then holla at me.
@TalEdds
January 29, 2024 at 1:34 pm
This is not something GPT 4 is supposed to be good at, but it still managed. Good to see people pushing its boundaries.
@TylerGaisford
January 29, 2024 at 1:51 pm
You added to many variables. Instead of “Which is the AI?”, do which is better. This just turned into a game of werewolf.
@captnzursee
January 29, 2024 at 2:28 pm
cool idea and a cool bartender, but ridiculously bad video editing. wtf.
@imicca
January 29, 2024 at 2:28 pm
What a wasted opportunity
@titaniumaura
January 29, 2024 at 2:38 pm
_Peace be with you._
@anthonynoneyabusiness420
January 29, 2024 at 3:17 pm
This video was awful people with 10k subs make better videos
@WendifurTTV
January 29, 2024 at 3:34 pm
Would have been a better video if it showed way more than it did and made it longer. The first person was great because it showed both drinks being made and a lot of comments by the customer. Then it just went totally down hill not giving much detail on any of the others. And perhaps to get a better reading, also tally which one each person liked better.
@aresgalamatis7022
January 29, 2024 at 3:42 pm
Does what people refer to as “AI” get better or are the humans are getting worse and regressing to the level that we can model them with simplistic statistical algorithms (which is what journalist usually refer as “AI”)?
@oldcowbb
January 29, 2024 at 4:19 pm
you need a custom made model for drinks, not chatgpt
@AdrianHereToHelp
January 29, 2024 at 4:57 pm
“I don’t feel like they mix very well, but who am I to judge?” asks the professional bartender/mixologist
@holodoctor1
January 29, 2024 at 4:58 pm
I wish you guys would make a “long” version of this video with all of the tests like the first. I want to see what AI put in and people’s reactions.
@greengeezer5069
January 29, 2024 at 5:03 pm
Who cares if they can guess if an AI made a drink. Ir would be more informative if they said which drink was BETTER.
@CJ-zt3zx
January 29, 2024 at 5:07 pm
Was this video directed and produced by an AI?
@pauldannelachica2388
January 29, 2024 at 5:31 pm
❤❤❤❤❤❤
@Felik18
January 29, 2024 at 5:47 pm
0:33 this guy looks like David Lynch
also why are people guessing which is AI and which is human instead of just saying which one they liked more?
@iamspeedkachow5926
January 29, 2024 at 8:11 pm
Was really interested in seeing this, but it was a huge disappointment. That first one was good, all of the AI drinks should’ve been listed out and every customer’s reaction like the first one would’ve been great too. This video was just a pointless counter
@BobLobOnACob
January 29, 2024 at 8:58 pm
looks funn
@LiD0349
January 29, 2024 at 9:08 pm
This video is so lazy, wtf
@thehorsesnamewasfriday8695
January 29, 2024 at 10:12 pm
there are so many things wrong with this video
@marcovasquez9543
January 29, 2024 at 11:28 pm
Such a cool idea. Horribly executed in edit.
@beat1835
January 30, 2024 at 12:05 am
ya’ll lazy to edit or what
@imnotyou23
January 30, 2024 at 12:21 am
Don’t need to watch to know AI would make the better drink
@BalazsSuhajda
January 30, 2024 at 12:27 am
Using chatgpt to generate cocktail recipes is like asking a linguist. How about an AI that is actually purpose trained instead? 😉
@stchaltin
January 30, 2024 at 12:56 am
I’ve been a bartender for a decade. I spent ages coming up with bespoke flavor and economic variables for each customer. If this is the direction the future is going, you can make your own drinks. I’m out.
@robinb9359
January 30, 2024 at 12:59 am
The YouTube video fell flat, super cool concept but give us a longer videooo
@Mojkanal1234
January 30, 2024 at 4:25 am
This was way too short, like condensed a 20 min video into 5 mins.
@sj3530
January 30, 2024 at 5:16 am
Confusing. The first one was the ideal one. Others are just too mixed up to infer anything properly.
@manawearblack
January 30, 2024 at 6:04 am
Such a great idea, horribly carried out. Whoever produced/directed/edited this really had bad days at the office
@Noise_floorxx
January 30, 2024 at 4:26 pm
I ageee. It had a lot of potential but it didn’t live up to it.
@agingmillennialmainer
January 30, 2024 at 7:33 am
Its a language model. It predicts words.
@racerollebol
January 30, 2024 at 7:45 am
Where do you even find these people. If people say “cohesive” to my drink I’d frown
@juanjm12
January 30, 2024 at 1:36 pm
Cold ones
@taja1101
January 30, 2024 at 1:41 pm
Who else wants to try those cocktails now besides me?
They look so tasty! >.
@danyaneeze6940
January 30, 2024 at 2:13 pm
peace and love, but wtf were sean and joe thinking with the direction of this editing. this definitely could’ve been a viral video if it didn’t feel so half assed
@acoasterbro
January 30, 2024 at 3:28 pm
Boring.
@Parks_21
January 30, 2024 at 3:43 pm
Wired You definitely cheapened the video , I wish the format of the video would follow the first Where the bartender explained what he was going to do and And he would give his input as he was making the AI drink I don’t care if the video would be longer but I like that kind of detail and Input into opinions
@freakyjason477
January 30, 2024 at 4:16 pm
They are literally guessing 50/50, so out of 2 choices they can’t pick better than a random guess. I’m saying AI is on-par with humans. They should redo this and have all drinks made by a human or all drinks made by AI and see if they can guess right. Pretty sure they’d still come up with 50/50.
@Freundinnen100
January 31, 2024 at 1:14 am
It would be interesting to see how an mocktail without alkohol would be made.
@fauxvier8519
January 31, 2024 at 5:46 am
Man now i wanna try to visit a bartender
@itsking2u
January 31, 2024 at 8:59 am
AI is like I’m here for a good time not a long time lol everyone is getting 💩faced lol
@dlibby4979
January 31, 2024 at 11:41 am
Someones job is on the line
@Mohsin-hu2pk
January 31, 2024 at 4:19 pm
Fuckin AI doesnt know how much ingredient to use on a 3$ cocktail. You’re gonna get your supply robbed and give away 30+ % of your drink for free.
@Casanova646
January 31, 2024 at 7:48 pm
Fun video but I wish you showed the number count for how many people preferred the drink made by A.I. rather than people guessing which was made by A.I.
@stevewindisch2882
February 1, 2024 at 5:31 pm
I would have liked to see the bartender’s comments along with the person’s guess. e.g. The bartender thought AI was completely wrong to mix certain flavors, but the patron loved it and guessed a person created it. Also, I’m wondering if the patrons were merely saying their favorite drink was the one created by a bartender and the one they didn’t like was AI generated.
@twood25
February 2, 2024 at 10:37 am
how did they get david lynch
@sicksixsixsix27
February 2, 2024 at 7:03 pm
Give us more!
@Skitigdread
February 2, 2024 at 9:58 pm
Bartender: This recipe was stolen of the internet
AI: No, it wasn’t
Bartender: Yes it was
AI: Nu-uh
Bartender: Yeah it was, check out this link
AI: Nu.. you know what – just shut up and drink your drink
@invox9490
February 3, 2024 at 4:33 am
Do you really think people are gonnna care who serves their drink/food when all they want is a cheeseburger and a coke?
@nealwright5630
February 3, 2024 at 11:14 am
What’s missing here is a count of how many preferred the AI drink over the human drink.
@cheekymonkeync
February 3, 2024 at 6:19 pm
Was the AI given general bartender knowledge and practices?
@CAstrawberrygirl
February 3, 2024 at 8:08 pm
I would love to dig into what makes something “creative” vs subtle. Do people expect AI to go against the norms? Does AI tend to mix together liquors or flavors that humans would not naturally combine? Does AI predict accurately predict the outcome of those unique flavor combinations? I would be interested in seeing if AI can introduce us to mixing liquors and flavors that we would not normally pair together.
@deckardcraigwyr8573
February 3, 2024 at 9:03 pm
AI almost tie with the professional bartender, so for basically regular people can trust AI to make their own drink
@kinnywilson9800
February 5, 2024 at 2:48 pm
I want to see which drink the customers actually preferred.
@Jual_Murah
February 6, 2024 at 11:27 am
“I soaked the drill bit in citric acid and it appeared to dissolve and turn black, emitting a strong iron-like odor. Is it dangerous after I smelled it several times?”
@Bulldogg6404
February 6, 2024 at 3:05 pm
Another way to frame this result: the AI went toe to toe with someone who spent, as I assume, a decent part of their life learning and fine-tuning their craft, and succeeded in convincing half of the party-goers that it was good enough to produce a cocktail at the same level, despite being an imperfect technology and not purposefully designed to replace bartenders. I am thrilled and can’t wait to see what it will do next!