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By this area do you mean fragrances? Or the application of AI in this specific example? If the latter I'm inclined to agree with you, since there's already mor

By this area do you mean fragrances? Or the application of AI in this specific example? If the latter I'm inclined to agree with you, since there's already more fragrances out there than I could ever hope to sniff, and many of the ones I have sniffed smelled pretty amazing without AI. If the former, I think it's a bit much to just dismiss fragrances as pointless so easily; people have been obsessed with taste and smell for thousands of years, and indeed it has shaped the course of history e.g. spice trade etc., so clearly fragrances are involved with a very basic and important human need.

natch 7y ago
AI could help with detecting people wearing them and singling those people out for fines and/or education on how wearing fragrances is extremely inconsiderate to others.
- growlist 7y ago
  It all depends I suppose. The merest whiff of Cerutti 1881 takes me straight back to a particular girlfriend in the mid-90s.
  - natch 7y ago
    You're not getting the meaning of the word "inconsiderate."
whatshisface 7y ago
>people have been obsessed with taste and smell for thousands of years, and indeed it has shaped the course of history e.g. spice trade etc., so clearly fragrances are involved with a very basic and important human need. You can't assume that just because people are obsessed with something it is a basic need. One counterexample would be that thing where they implant wires in the right spot in your brain and you become obsessed with pressing the button to zap yourself.
- growlist 7y ago
  Firstly you misquote me, secondly you cite a highly artifical and slightly bizarre example that if anything disproves what you are trying to prove, and thirdly I'm not really sure I see the point of quibbling with the fact that our sense of smell/taste is tightly bound with survival, which was kind of my overall point albeit poorly expressed perhaps.
  - whatshisface 7y ago
    >Firstly you misquote me I cut and pasted that line out of the comment, how could it be a misquote? Perhaps the original comment was edited after I posted my comment?
    - growlist 7y ago
      No, you changed 'are involved with' to 'it is', which changes the meaning. And please don't accuse me of changing what I wrote.

natch 7y ago

AI could help with detecting people wearing them and singling those people out for fines and/or education on how wearing fragrances is extremely inconsiderate to others.

growlist 7y ago
It all depends I suppose. The merest whiff of Cerutti 1881 takes me straight back to a particular girlfriend in the mid-90s.
- natch 7y ago
  You're not getting the meaning of the word "inconsiderate."

whatshisface 7y ago

>people have been obsessed with taste and smell for thousands of years, and indeed it has shaped the course of history e.g. spice trade etc., so clearly fragrances are involved with a very basic and important human need. You can't assume that just because people are obsessed with something it is a basic need. One counterexample would be that thing where they implant wires in the right spot in your brain and you become obsessed with pressing the button to zap yourself.

growlist 7y ago
Firstly you misquote me, secondly you cite a highly artifical and slightly bizarre example that if anything disproves what you are trying to prove, and thirdly I'm not really sure I see the point of quibbling with the fact that our sense of smell/taste is tightly bound with survival, which was kind of my overall point albeit poorly expressed perhaps.
- whatshisface 7y ago
  >Firstly you misquote me I cut and pasted that line out of the comment, how could it be a misquote? Perhaps the original comment was edited after I posted my comment?
  - growlist 7y ago
    No, you changed 'are involved with' to 'it is', which changes the meaning. And please don't accuse me of changing what I wrote.