Tech and science – Testing AI

Further to the presentation on AI, given last week, we decided to try out the ChatGPT system with some searching questions. Sandy kindly gave me 7 sample queries and the results for the first one are here.

What were the most significant scientific discoveries made in the 20th century ?

The 20th century witnessed numerous groundbreaking scientific discoveries across various fields. Here are some of the most significant ones:

  1. Theory of Relativity: Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, published in 1905
  2. Quantum Mechanics: early 20th century, Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr
  3. DNA Structure and Genetics: In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick
  4. Antibiotics: The discovery and development of antibiotics in the early 20th century,
  5. Theory of Plate Tectonics:
  6. Big Bang Theory:
  7. Space Exploration:
  8. Genetic Code and Human Genome:
  9. Nuclear Energy and Particle Physics:
  10. Computing and Information Technology:

This is just an extract from the resulting query which gave 1000 words in great detail within seconds. Thanks to Sandy for the interest and input.

If you would like to try out the system then login to https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt

 

 

Philosophy in May

This month we will look in a little more depth into Simone Weill, the 20th century French philosopher.  We also hope to start a relook at Plato, in particular his REPUBLIC and how this may or may not relate 
to present day society.
Remember philosophy is just what you  do when you sit and think about things. No expertise needed. All welcome.
Wednesday 17th May  2pm. at Kensington House
Contact  Tony Snape  0151 526 3146

T& S does SP

12 members of the Technology and Science group visited the Scottish Power control centre in Prenton last Wednesday.  We were given a most excellent presentation by Jon and Sue that covered  topics including the generation, power distribution networks, outages and call centre activity.

We were then shown around the ‘control room’ and given a close display of the Maghull area network by Kevin, who fielded all our questions.

We finished with Sue and a Q+A session regarding outages and their effects.

Thanks to all the staff and to Bill for organising the day.

We hope to visit a local factory in Knowsley in early June so watch this space.