Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy. In this episode we hear from Markus Stripf, an insightful co-founder who built tech company, Spoon Guru, around nutrition expertise. “Our first hire was a nutritionist- there’s no point building something that’s technologically sophisticated but scientifically inaccurate”. He describes his team’s work as operating at the intersection between health and technology with a substantial part of the company made up of nutritionists. He talks us through what robust methodology looks like in the space of AI, food and nutrition- and how they deploy a ‘human in the loop’ approach- which refers to the inclusion of a qualified team of nutrition experts who constantly supervise the machines. Markus describes how they use this technology to work with some of the biggest retailers in the world.  Anna hits hard with her some of her questions: Is this our time to battle the bots? Should we be worried as nutritionists we’re going to be replaced? The response from Markus was not only reassuring, but inspiring and has since been the subject of many conversations between Anna and Danielle. As nutritionists we would encourage our listeners to step into this world of tech and build their understanding and perhaps even consider working with those in this fast-paced sector to make sure what gets created is safe, accurate and really does help deliver positive health outcomes. We must ensure credibility underpins technological innovations and hope this podcast episode helps tick off some of the key phases and terminologies used to help our listeners explore this new world. Markus eloquently discusses these key terms in the context of food and nutrition, whilst also sharing some of the challenges and issues he has faced in the field. Terminology tick list covered in this episode: -Artificial intelligence -Gen (generative) AI -Data processing engine -Meta data -Hallucinations -Personalisation -Discoverable Danielle has also recently penned an article on AI and nutrition for The Conversation which you may like to read. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As nutrition professionals working in multiple contexts, we want to use our diverse experience to help organisations achieve their nutrition and health goals by providing them with the expertise they need, when they need it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get in touch to find out more about our company, Nutrition Talent and how we could work together. Web: www.nutritiontalent.com Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: @NutritionTalent Instagram: @Nutrition_talent Twitter: @NutritionTalent Follow Anna LinkedIn: @Anna Wheeler Follow Danielle LinkedIn: @DrDanielleMcCarthy