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"In CS, it can be hard to explain the difference between the easy and the virtually impossible."

It seems we're at a point where this obligatory xkcd [1] is no longer true.

1. https://xkcd.com/1425/




The bird thing was at least _possible_, though, to a reasonable level of accuracy. What they're claiming to do here is completely impossible; there is simply no way of even vaguely accurately determining the calorie content of food based on a picture of the food.


It took a bit more than 5 years and a (single) research team, though.


Anything's possible if you're willing to fake it!




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