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Science and tech words you hear in the news.
Things that seem strange once you think about them.
A paper that explains them more clearly than anyone else. ("Naruhodo!" is Japanese for "Oh, I get it!")
Terms6
- Artificial general intelligence (AGI)It is a single AI that can handle many different kinds of thinking tasks about as well as people, or better.
- AI agentIt is a setup in which, once you give it a goal, an AI decides what to do next, uses a tool, looks at the result and decides again, repeating this to get the work done.
- HallucinationIt is when an AI such as ChatGPT gives a wrong answer that sounds true and confident.
- TokenA token is a small piece of text that an AI uses when it reads and writes.
- Large language model (LLM)It is a very large AI that has practiced guessing “the next word” on an enormous amount of text, and so has learned to read and write.
- Recursive self-improvement (RSI)It is when an AI builds a next AI that is better than itself, and that new AI builds an even better one, again and again.
AI2
Newest questionWhy can an AI with no medical license choose medicine in Utah?Only licensed people, like doctors, can prescribe medicine. That's the rule in Japan, and in America too. But in October 2026, a trial began in the US state of Utah to choose acne creams for first-time patients. The one choosing is an AI, and of course, an AI holds no medical license.November 7, 2026 · 8 min 23 secRead the answer →
Everyday science1
Space3
Why did a Moon car's 1973 record go unbeaten for 41 years?October 31, 2026 · 6 min 34 sec
People walked on the Moon over 50 years ago. So why is NASA offering prize money over static electricity now?October 28, 2026 · 7 min 28 sec
Halley's Comet comes once every 76 years, so why do its pieces become shooting stars every year?October 14, 2026 · 6 min 9 sec