Thursday, May 11, 2006

Man vs. Machine in wine tasting:
The wine analyser results came close to the expert's judgement, especially when predicting region and quality level for wine at lower prices. But both the panel and the wine analysers had problems when predicting the price of the more expensive wines. The expert's ability to judge the finer points of the wines allowed them to get closer to the actual price.
(Via Cosmic Log.)