“Just think of the careers that have been ruined by smart-aleck tweets at 3 am that turn rancid in the light of day.” While it would require AI to figure out the intricacies of human communication, Tony Veale argues that the most practical reason our machines should have a sense of humour is to save us from ourselves. If a machine could understand our messages’ intent, he says, it could advise us on whether our midnight musings should be shared or not. Read full article here
Science
‘Ghostly’ neutrinos provide new path to study protons
In groundbreaking research, an international collaboration of scientists from the University of Rochester have used a beam of neutrinos to measure the size and shape of the protons that make up the nuclei of atoms. This feat, once thought impossible, provides scientists with a new way of looking at the small components of an atom’s nucleus and opens up a wealth of new information about the structure of an atom’s nucleus and the dynamics of the forces that affect neutrino interactions. The researchers solved the challenge of harnessing neutrinos in large numbers by using a neutrino detector containing a target of both hydrogen and carbon atoms, and over nine years of data collection at Fermilab’s accelerator. Read full article here
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March 25, 2023
