in my opinion that is adding AI for the sake of AI. If you're making homemade lasagna it takes a minute to add the ingredients you used to get a very accurate calorie count. There's really no way AI can do it better and more accurate.
Truth is though, I often skip logging calories because it's a PITA to do it. I have to scan the package, but I already threw the package away or it's dirty or covered in blood. I have to weigh things, but the food scale is in the other room, and I already mixed the ingredients. It's just a lot of extra steps to log calories using the currently available apps; I don't think I've ever logged a meal with less than 20 clicks. Removing small annoyances like this is what good apps are made of.
I agree with you, logging calories manually sucks, especially if you’re preparing whole foods. But how does adding AI into the mix solve the issue? E.g. it seems unlikely to me that we’ll ever get to the point of snapping a picture of a home cooked meal and getting accurate calories, maybe that’s where I’m being shortsighted?
