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An AI rang every curry house in Bradford to price a tikka masala
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The founder
Damon Chandio is a Bradford-based AI engineer with an MSc in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science from the University of Hull. He built The Curry Index through his company, Damon Dynamics.
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- Takeaways came from the Food Standards Agency's public hygiene register, with phone numbers from public business listings.
- An AI voice assistant rang each one in the late afternoon and asked the price of a chicken tikka masala, curry only.
- Where a takeaway sells a "chicken masala" instead, that price is listed and marked.
- Anything unusual was checked by hand before going on the map.
Built to be fair
- The AI says it's an AI in its first sentence and never pretends to be a person.
- It never sells anything, and anyone who asks is never rung again.
- No audio is kept, and only the last four digits of each number are stored.
- Takeaways can correct their price or come off the map at any time.
Contact
Damon Chandio, Damon Dynamics: [email protected]
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