“...they had fabricated the entire setup on a single photonic chip and performed the experiment. The researchers collected data for more than 16 hours: a feat made possible because of the photonic chip’s incredible optical stability, something that would have been impossible to achieve in a larger-scale tabletop experiment.”
THAT is a nugget that makes reading the entire piece worthwhile for those doing “hard” experimentation.
Achieving, and then maintaining, optical stability at the level of microns, and smaller, is a principal bugbear of the design of experimental equipment used in photon science.
“...they had fabricated the entire setup on a single photonic chip and performed the experiment. The researchers collected data for more than 16 hours: a feat made possible because of the photonic chip’s incredible optical stability, something that would have been impossible to achieve in a larger-scale tabletop experiment.”
THAT is a nugget that makes reading the entire piece worthwhile for those doing “hard” experimentation.
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I don’t quite understand. did the program create the chip. or did the chip create the program. Did the software create the hardware or did the hardware create the software.
or did software create more software which with enough iterations will create viable hardware.
kindly give a simple explanation.
the reason that I ask is because I believe that we are looking at an industrial revolution on the scale that no one can currently imagine—because of AI. Why? AI will enable the rapid development of machines and machines that build the machines while optimizing their layout on the factory floor and optimizing their raw materials inputs.
It would be logical that a parallel situation would be happening on the basic research level.
fyi my vote for the easiest hard nut to crack with AI is converting electron scatter from nuclear reaction directly into electricity—rather than use them to generate heat. probably the best way to do that is with the small tocamaks being developed at mit.
only instead of using them to control a fusion reaction—use them to gather electrons...then braid the electrons like they do with spinning wheels.
or you could just ask the ai ...what’s the best way to convert the electron scatter from nuclear reaction into electricity.