People decide to trust someone based on their previous interactions and experiences. Scientists have looked into taking advantage of this phenomenon to teach people to trust an AI’s decision making more. In the onboarding process, they provided examples of AI working with humans. Afterwards, they paired up the participants and the AI to solve a series of questions that tested the participants’ trust in their AI “teammates”. Read full article here
Science
An Eerie Poisonous Fog
If you’re visiting a farm, keep an eye out for an ominous-looking bronze fog. Nitrogen tetroxide, a red-orange gas, is made by certain bacteria during fermentation when oxygen is lacking in the crop. The lack of oxygen causes the bacteria to use the nitrate within the crops, which then produces nitrogen tetroxide. Inhalation of the gas is known to cause permanent lung damage or kill people and livestock. To prevent this, farmers have started performing nitrate tests after four weeks of fermentation. Read full article here
Merv
November 30, 2022
