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The Skeptics Guide #918 - Feb 11 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in the News

New machine learning algorithms have been used to look at previously examined astronomical data and they found eight potential techno signatures that were missed. Machine learning is a branch of AI and computer science that uses methods similar to what people use to solve complex problems, right? And also the fact that we get slowly better over time,. But all without explicitly programming that into the code, that's what machine learning basically is. What do you think the most important part is when you're looking for technosignatures? It's distancing. Oh the handwriting penmanship.

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