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It's a 200 year-old question, can #AI invent? 💻

Today, machines are increasingly surprising us – whether it's #ChatGPT or #Lensa.

From 3D circuits to antibiotics, there are examples and #evidence of AI helping humans invent.

In some cases, it might even be the inventor.

💬 According to AI #experts, it's likely to transform how we invent: https://theconversation.com/can-machines-invent-things-without-human-help-these-ai-examples-show-the-answer-is-yes-196036

#tech #technology #science #ScienceMastodon #journalism #news #AcademicMastodon #academia

“The transformation of Homo sapiens (modern humans) from a “non-speaking” to a “speaking” species happened at about the same time as our hunter-gatherer ancestors migrated out of Africa.” - When did humans first start to speak? How language evolved in Africa? When did humans first start to speak? How language evolved in Africa @linguistics #linguistics #language
https://theconversation.com/when-did-humans-first-start-to-speak-how-language-evolved-in-africa-194372

“Reading is drinking and eating; the mind that does not read lose weight like the body that does not eat.” Victor Hugo #QOTD #quote #french #literature #histodons @histodons

Happy Birthday to English mathematician Ada Lovelace, born in London #OnThisDay in 1815. Lovelace, the only child of Lord and Lady Byron, is often called the first computer programmer for her machine algorithm written in the 1840s to be carried out by Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine (which existed only on paper at the time).

#AdaLovelace #OTD #WomenInSTEM #history #histodons #HistoryOfScience #WomensHistory

Why don’t rare book professionals wear gloves when handling old books? Because we’re trying to protect them! 🙌 Using clean, dry hands is best practice when it comes to working with most* rare material. #BookHistory #BookHistodons

There are a lot of great content creators focused on early America. These are some of our favorites.

If you have a blog, podcast, or YouTube channel focused on early America, let us know so we can add it!

#USHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons #Geneadons #Genealogy

https://www.earlyamericansources.org/early-american-content-creators

Earth at night viewed from space.

Credit: NASA Johnson

#space #nasa #timelapse #science

#GeorgeBoole, one of the founders of the computer age and the first Professor of Mathematics at
@UCC, died in Cork #OTD in 1864.

#BertrandRussell, who made efforts to have Boole’s papers printed, said that "An Investigation of the Laws of Thought" as “the work in which pure mathematics was discovered”. In it Boole applied his #boolean mathematics to the philosophy of #Spinoza and others as a practical demonstration.
https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2014/12/08/ones-and-zeros/

Bio: https://www.ucc.ie/en/heritage/historicpeople/ucc-staff/professor-george-boole/

#IrishPhilosophyOTD

NEW: After interviewing hundreds of philosophers, these are the most recommended philosophy books on Five Books.

https://fivebooks.com/category/philosophy/most-recommended-philosophy-books/

The Romance languages borrowed many words from Germanic.

Word-initial [w] from Germanic became [ɡw] in most Romance languages. For example, *werra became 'guerra' in Italian.

Spanish and Portuguese then reduced [ɡw] to [ɡ] before [i] and [e], French everywhere.

More examples:

The #metric system is adding two new prefixes for extremely large numbers and two for extremely small numbers.

You probably know how big a kilogram is. But what about a ronnagram?

For reference, the mass of Earth is about six ronnagrams. Jupiter is about two quettagrams. An electron is a rontogram. And the mass of a bit of data on a mobile phone is about a quectogram.

#science #measurement #math

Learn more: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/metric-system-prefixes-what-to-know

If you're studying early Massachuetts, then check out our list of archives for the Bay State. These are some of the best research libraries in the United States.

#VastEarlyAmerica #AmericanHistory #Histodons #Geneadons #Genealogy

https://www.earlyamericansources.org/massachusettsarchives

Equatorial Table Sundial, 17th century, German

(Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)

Swear words in different languages - why do they sound as they do? https://theconversation.com/swear-words-we-studied-speakers-of-languages-from-hindi-to-hungarian-to-find-out-why-they-sound-the-way-they-do-192473 (Courtesy @theconversationau) #study #language

High resolution scans of every single photo taken during the Apollo program is available on Flickr through NASA's "Project Apollo Archive."

I'm going to post the link but let me warn you right now it is very easy to lose a couple hours in there.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/projectapolloarchive/albums/page1