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AI is cracking a hard problem – giving computers a sense of smell

  • Written by Ambuj Tewari, Professor of Statistics, University of Michigan
AI is cracking a hard problem – giving computers a sense of smellA rose by any other name would not smell as sweet to a robot.estt/iStock via Getty Images

Over 100 years ago, Alexander Graham Bell asked the readers of National Geographic to do something bold and fresh – “to found a new science.” He pointed out that sciences based on the measurements of sound and light already existed. But there...

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