War is unpredictable and militaries are often operating on subpar-quality data, which is why it is unlikely that AI will replace humans in war. In fact, this will increase the importance of human judgement. In war, AI will probably act as a support to human judgment through “prediction”. For example, militaries can use AI to sift through drone videos to point out enemy activity in the field, which can help commanders make more informed decisions about their next plan of action. Read full article here
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‘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
