{"id":84191,"date":"2025-08-21T05:21:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/84191\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T05:21:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:21:06","slug":"ai-is-cooking-up-wild-physics-experiments-that-push-science-beyond-human-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/84191\/","title":{"rendered":"AI is cooking up wild physics experiments that push science beyond human limits"},"content":{"rendered":"

AI<\/a> is coming up with wild physics experiments that are pushing science beyond human limits.<\/p>\n

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is an advanced piece of tech.<\/p>\n

It has two gravitational wave detectors in two different states, and it involves a lot of science involving lasers and waves.<\/p>\n

And if all of that sounds awfully technical, wait until you hear about the experiments it\u2019s been conducting.<\/p>\n

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How this AI is pushing the boundaries of science with wild physics experiments<\/p>\n

Rana Adhikari, a physicist at the California Institute of Technology, helped develop LIGO back in the mid-2000s.<\/p>\n

But even that comes a decade after it began construction \u2013 and a decade before it would be finished.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how it works in a nutshell.<\/p>\n

\"AI<\/a>Caltech\/MIT\/LIGO Lab<\/p>\n

Inside each of the gravitational wave detectors \u2013 one based in Washington, one in Louisiana \u2013 laser beams bounce back and forth down the four-kilometer arms of a giant L.<\/p>\n

Whenever a gravitational wave passes through, the length of one arm changes by less than the width of a proton.<\/p>\n

For you non-physicists out there, that\u2019s less than roughly 0.84 femtometers.<\/p>\n

Or, a tiny fraction of a millimeter.<\/p>\n

While it may seem unimaginably tiny, scientists are able to make new discoveries through this.<\/p>\n

Adhikari wanted to see if improving LIGO\u2019s design could enable it to pick up waves on a broader band of frequencies.<\/p>\n

\"AI<\/a>Caltech\/MIT\/LIGO Lab<\/p>\n

\"AI<\/a>Caltech\/MIT\/LIGO Lab<\/p>\n

This could help LIGO see merging black holes or make new discoveries.<\/p>\n

Basically, things beyond the comprehension of most of us.<\/p>\n

But here\u2019s the novice\u2019s summary \u2013 AI is being rolled out in physics in ways we never thought possible before.<\/p>\n

The future is here\u2026and it\u2019s a lot to take in<\/p>\n

Everywhere you look, there\u2019s a story about AI doing something amazing.<\/p>\n

One San Francisco startup helps the Cleveland Clinic teach AI to read minds in ICUs<\/a>, while another is enabling an AI assistant to run a shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In fact, AI may be getting a little too good.<\/p>\n

Microsoft recently released a study that revealed which 40 jobs are most at risk from AI<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But fear not, it also included the 40 that can\u2019t be replicated yet.<\/p>\n

So fingers crossed. <\/p>\n

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