Teaching AI to taste and smell could help the future of product design

The Vergecast

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Tech News, News, Technology

4.3 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

For the next four Tuesdays, Verge senior reporter Ashley Carman will explore how artificial intelligence and machine learning are shaping the future of a variety of industries. In this episode, Ashley explores how AI can be used for product design, but more specifically, for creating fragrances and flavors. Guests include founder of ScentTronix Fredrick Duerinck, computer scientist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Saket Navalkha, and Michael Spranger from Sony AI This podcast was made by producer Liam James, senior audio director Andru Marino, senior reporter James Vincent, and senior reporter Ashley Carman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Be exuberant, be electrifying, be iconic.
0:03.3	In the all-electric lyric, order yours,
0:06.6	2023 lyric orders a thought.
0:08.5	Go to Cadillac.com and complete a pre-order for Model Year 24
0:11.9	to be among the first to order a Model Year 24 win available.
0:15.0	Hey, Vertchastle listeners, it's Neelai.
0:16.8	For the past few Tuesdays, we've been running a mini-series
0:19.2	we made about the many uses of artificial intelligence
0:22.3	and machine learning all over the place.
0:24.4	It's been hosted by Vertch Senior Reporter Ashley Carmen.
0:27.0	Today is the last episode.
0:28.4	Hey, Ashley, how's it going?
0:29.6	It's a sad day, last episode day.
0:31.7	But like a happy day because our AI future is here.
0:34.4	It's true, we figured it out.
0:36.8	So we've done voice synthesis, AI and video,
0:40.2	robots writing books with authors and texts.
0:43.2	What's this week's episode?
0:44.6	Today we are talking about how AI could help us
0:47.6	create new flavors and new smells.
0:50.8	That's, this is like, it's like over.
0:52.7	Now we're like through the looking glass AI taste.
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