/sci/ humor thread

what is ur iq

Can we prove that democracy has failed using science?

What does it actually mean for our understanding of the nature of the universe that most structures from the atomic level all the way up to galactic filaments and possibly even larger seem to be a smaller piece of a larger thing?
Surely it is of some significance to understanding what this place is, right?
My head hurts bros

do you look like a scientist?

imagine hating people because hey got one shot instead of 3

Is the Fermi Paradox a Western construct?

Is it scientifically possibly to build an AI that can tell the difference between monkeys and n-words?
>Facebook Apologizes After A.I. Puts ‘Primates’ Label on Video of Black Men
>Facebook called it “an unacceptable error.” The company has struggled with other issues related to race.


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/03/technology/facebook-ai-race-primates.html

Facebook users who recently watched a video from a British tabloid featuring Black men saw an automated prompt from the social network that asked if they would like to “keep seeing videos about Primates,” causing the company to investigate and disable the artificial intelligence-powered feature that pushed the message.

On Friday, Facebook apologized for what it called “an unacceptable error” and said it was looking into the recommendation feature to “prevent this from happening again.”

The video, dated June 27, 2020, was by The Daily Mail and featured clips of Black men in altercations with white civilians and police officers. It had no connection to monkeys or primates.

Darci Groves, a former content design manager at Facebook, said a friend had recently sent her a screenshot of the prompt. She then posted it to a product feedback forum for current and former Facebook employees. In response, a product manager for Facebook Watch, the company’s video service, called it “unacceptable” and said the company was “looking into the root cause.”
Ms. Groves said the prompt was “horrifying and egregious.”

Dani Lever, a Facebook spokeswoman, said in a statement: “As we have said, while we have made improvements to our A.I., we know it’s not perfect, and we have more progress to make. We apologize to anyone who may have seen these offensive recommendations.”

Google, Amazon and other technology companies have been under scrutiny for years for biases within their artificial intelligence systems, particularly around issues of race.

Riddle me this, sci.

If the deepest hole dug is 7km, and the mantle, which is 410km below the earth's surface, is said to be 6692° Fahrenheit - how do we know the temperature of the earth's mantle?

>3*3=9
>3*3.333...=10
>3*3.666...=11
>3*3.999...=12
>3*4=12
How does math reconcile this?
3.999... is not equal to 4 yet the give the same answer