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AI Astronomer Aids Effort To Analyze Galaxies

Posted by timothy on from the kindly-disprove-loyalty-to-alien-invaders dept.

kkleiner writes "Scientists are teaching an artificial intelligence how to classify galaxies imaged by telescopes like the Hubble. Manda Banerji at the University of Cambridge, along with researchers at University College London, Johns Hopkins, and elsewhere, has succeeded in getting the program to agree with human analysis at an impressive rate of more than 90%. Banerji used data from Galaxy Zoo, a massive online project that has used more than 250,000 volunteers to analyze more than 60 million galaxies. The new automated astronomer will help with even larger analytical projects on the horizon, taking care of trivial classifications and leaving the tough cases to humans."

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  1. Slight Bug. by jellomizer · · Score: -1, Troll

    It will not tell the Astronomers which of the billion galaxies it considerers questionable. Leaving the Astronomers to check each one, one at a time.

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  2. Re:I have seen the future by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The quick brown nigger jumped over the lazy dog.

  3. Ok.. Riddle me this by gringofrijolero · · Score: 0, Troll

    How many galaxies are there in the Milky Way?

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