How To Know If Artificial Intelligence Is Working How We Want It To
“Interpretability methods” seek to shed light on how machine-learning models make predictions, but researchers say to proceed with caution.
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Geothermal: Tapping Into the Million-Year Energy Source Below Our Feet
MIT spinout Quaise Energy is working to create geothermal wells made from the deepest holes in the world.
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MIT Engineers Devise a Recipe for Improving Any Autonomous Robotic System
A new general-purpose optimizer can speed up the design of walking robots, self-driving vehicles, and other autonomous systems. Courtesy of Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Autonomous robots have come a long way since the fastidious Roomba. In recent years, artificially intelligent systems have been deployed in self-driving cars, last-mile food delivery, … [continued]
New, New Solid-State Battery News From MIT
We all know — or think we know — that a solid-state battery is better than a battery with a liquid or semi-liquid electrolytes. A solid-state battery has a lower risk of thermal runaway (what ordinary people call fires). It also has a higher energy density, can charge and discharge more … [continued]
MIT Scientists Create 2-Dimensional Polymers As Strong As Steel
Scientists at MIT have created 2-dimensional polymers that are a light as plastic but stronger than steel.
A Dirt Cheap Solution? Common Clay Materials May Help Curb Methane Emissions
With special treatment, minerals called zeolites — commonly found in cat litter — can efficiently remove the greenhouse gas from the air, researchers report. By David L. Chandler Methane is a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, and it has a pronounced effect within first two decades of its … [continued]
Scientists Build New Atlas of Ocean’s Oxygen-Starved Waters: Track & Predict the Ocean’s Response to…
The 3D maps may help researchers track and predict the ocean’s response to climate change. By Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Life is teeming nearly everywhere in the oceans, except in certain pockets where oxygen naturally plummets and waters become unlivable for most aerobic organisms. These desolate pools are “oxygen-deficient zones,” … [continued]
MIT Shares How Machine Learning Models Can Make Sense Of Nonsense & How This Could…
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have stumbled upon an interesting problem with machine learning and image classification. This problem, if not solved, could be harmless or could be deadly, depending on what the system is being used for. Simply put, a model could look at an image and … [continued]
High Tech Recycling Mashup In The Works For US Military
The US Department of Defense has set its sights on next-generation recycling technology for military operations in the field.
En-ROADS Brings Climate Science To The Masses
En-ROADS from MIT and Ventana Systems is an interactive climate science tool that lets anyone explore how making changes to the environment can help limit global heating.
