AI IS REVEALING THE UNIVERSE’S ORIGINAL ‘SETTINGS’
Astronomers used artificial intelligence to calculate the five cosmological parameters that describe the entire universe in computer simulations with unprecedented precision
Reported by Briley Lewis
Artificial intelligence is all the rage these days. When we think of AI, we’re usually thinking of uncanny A deep-fake images and ChatGPT’s written responses – but astronomers are using it to make significant discoveries, too. Researchers from the Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) in New York City recently used AI to determine five cosmological parameters – the numbers that describe the entire universe in computer simulations – with unprecedented precision. These parameters can be thought of as the “settings of the universe that determine how it operates on the largest scales,” said astronomer Liam Parker, a co-author on the new work.