DENVER — When they came together to make a beer, the brewers at Banded Oak Brewing in Denver and Old 121 Brewing in Lakewood had one goal: to create the beer of the future.
Easy, right? But humans aren’t always good a predicting the trajectory of trends, so they decided to do what everyone is doing these days. They asked for help from ChatGPT, the new — and somewhat terrifying — artificial intelligence-powered chatbot that can do everything from write college term papers and newspaper articles to plan vacations and offer dating advice.
“We took an ancient and timeless alchemy and attempted to predict the future by asking artificial intelligence to determine what the next trend in craft beer would be,” Banded Oak brewer Chris Kirk explained via email. And in mere seconds, ChatGPT “shot back a response” with a detailed explanation of what it called a “Wellness Beer.”
