• Question: What is the most interesting discovery you have found out about, recently?

    Asked by hanzhodges to Huma, Jack, Lucy, Miranda, Peter on 5 Nov 2016. This question was also asked by OMGMaster2005.
    • Photo: Peter Boorman

      Peter Boorman answered on 5 Nov 2016:

      Hello,

      Most recently, I was able to reveal a hidden monster black hole located behind thick smog that was blocking our view in normal light our eyes can see. For this reason, I had to use high-energy X-rays to ‘see’ the black hole, by using special X-ray satellites in space, specially designed to detect X-rays.

      Peter

    • Photo: Huma Shah

      Huma Shah answered on 7 Nov 2016:

      Good morning Hanz Hodges, a most interesting discovery is that as early as 1966 a human being talking with a computer programme, Eliza, developed by Joseph Weizenbaum, thought they were talking with a human. Eliza had 200 lines of input-output code and with that it was designed to ask questions like a Therapist. You can interact with an online version of Eliza here:
      http://cyberpsych.org/eliza/#.WCAyymqLTIV

      Huma

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