Researchers at Monell and Google-backed olfactory AI startup Osmo have created a machine-learning model that could accurately describe the smells of chemicals by their molecules. The team found that the AI could also describe the scents better and more accurately than humans. This breakthrough, detailed in the journal Science on Thursday, is a major step forward in the quest to digitize smells.
— Read more in Why Google Wants You to Smell This Article with AI at Daily Beast.
How long until AIs are creating perfumes? Or maybe they already are.
Based on what some group of humans apparently like and bought already? That would explain some of the scents that are so generic they smell like everything and also like nothing in particular at the same time, wouldn’t it?
AI is being used by perfumers…I don’t think I would say an AI is creating perfumes independently.