Submission + - Osmo Startup Wants to Give Computers a Sense of Smell (cnbc.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Of the five human senses, AI is already able to mimic sight and hearing. And one company wants to use the technology to digitize another: smell.
Alex Wiltschko is the CEO and co-founder of Osmo, a startup that uses artificial intelligence technology to help computers “generate smells like we generate images and sounds,” per the company’s website.
Wiltschko found that molecules can be tricky for computers to analyze due to their complex structures.
“The reason why it’s so challenging is because you can move one tiny thing around in that molecule, like one bond, and the scent of the molecule goes from roses to rotten egg,” he says.
But thanks to advances in AI technology, the model was able to pick up on patterns in the different structures of the molecules and use that knowledge to accurately predict the odor of other molecules.
Alex Wiltschko is the CEO and co-founder of Osmo, a startup that uses artificial intelligence technology to help computers “generate smells like we generate images and sounds,” per the company’s website.
Wiltschko found that molecules can be tricky for computers to analyze due to their complex structures.
“The reason why it’s so challenging is because you can move one tiny thing around in that molecule, like one bond, and the scent of the molecule goes from roses to rotten egg,” he says.
But thanks to advances in AI technology, the model was able to pick up on patterns in the different structures of the molecules and use that knowledge to accurately predict the odor of other molecules.
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