Effectiveness of Generative AI Tool to Determine Fruit Quality: Watermelon Case Study

To select a good quality watermelon, one needs the ability and experience to recognize specific patterns in its visual characteristics. As buyers usually cannot taste the watermelon beforehand, the outer patterns of a good quality watermelon may vary depending on the perspective of the purchaser. As...

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Main Author: Serkan Ozdemir
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-03-01
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description To select a good quality watermelon, one needs the ability and experience to recognize specific patterns in its visual characteristics. As buyers usually cannot taste the watermelon beforehand, the outer patterns of a good quality watermelon may vary depending on the perspective of the purchaser. As a result, there is a gradual adoption of new generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the field of horticulture. These tools are expected to minimize bias in human perception when determining the quality of a watermelon based on its outer characteristics. This study aimed to compare the quality of watermelons selected by generative AI with a panel sensory evaluation test. The results of the two case studies indicate a significant difference in the quality of the generative AI-selected watermelons. As an average, watermelon evaluators favored the watermelons selected by ChatGPT as the best based on the Wilcoxon rank sum test and paired <i>t</i>-test (<i>p</i> < 0.05). In conclusion, watermelons can be selected by ChatGPT with minimal effort, promptly meeting consumer expectations.
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spelling doaj-art-a4f60e4bbf874eb1b3d27d9cdf2fe41d2025-08-20T02:11:17ZengMDPI AGHorticulturae2311-75242025-03-0111330810.3390/horticulturae11030308Effectiveness of Generative AI Tool to Determine Fruit Quality: Watermelon Case StudySerkan Ozdemir0Transport and Planning Department, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CN Delft, The NetherlandsTo select a good quality watermelon, one needs the ability and experience to recognize specific patterns in its visual characteristics. As buyers usually cannot taste the watermelon beforehand, the outer patterns of a good quality watermelon may vary depending on the perspective of the purchaser. As a result, there is a gradual adoption of new generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the field of horticulture. These tools are expected to minimize bias in human perception when determining the quality of a watermelon based on its outer characteristics. This study aimed to compare the quality of watermelons selected by generative AI with a panel sensory evaluation test. The results of the two case studies indicate a significant difference in the quality of the generative AI-selected watermelons. As an average, watermelon evaluators favored the watermelons selected by ChatGPT as the best based on the Wilcoxon rank sum test and paired <i>t</i>-test (<i>p</i> < 0.05). In conclusion, watermelons can be selected by ChatGPT with minimal effort, promptly meeting consumer expectations.https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/11/3/308watermelonartificial intelligenceChatGPTvisual assessmentpanel test
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Effectiveness of Generative AI Tool to Determine Fruit Quality: Watermelon Case Study
Horticulturae
watermelon
artificial intelligence
ChatGPT
visual assessment
panel test
title Effectiveness of Generative AI Tool to Determine Fruit Quality: Watermelon Case Study
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title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness of Generative AI Tool to Determine Fruit Quality: Watermelon Case Study
title_short Effectiveness of Generative AI Tool to Determine Fruit Quality: Watermelon Case Study
title_sort effectiveness of generative ai tool to determine fruit quality watermelon case study
topic watermelon
artificial intelligence
ChatGPT
visual assessment
panel test
url https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/11/3/308
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