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At this moment, the Voyager 1 space probe is the human-made object that’s farthest from Earth. It’s traveling at a whopping 62,140 kilometers per hour away from the sun. How did it get there?
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As some of you know, my day job is being a lead software engineer. I’ve discussed a lot of science on this site, but I’ve never actually discussed how computers work, even though I have most experience in that area. Time to change that.
Goldilocks went into the three bears house and found three bowls of porridge. One was too hot, one was too cold, and one was just right. ‘How does this apply to astronomy?’ you ask. Let’s have a look.
An autonomous Uber taxi was involved in a deadly accident a few weeks ago, and a group of experts have sent the EU an open letter asking them not to give AI’s a legal status. What’s going on?
I watched the 2004 movie ‘I, Robot’ last week, and that set me thinking about AI again. I’ve already