Yikes! When is the city gonna do something about these potholes? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Cities are growing – FAST – and urban planners need better data to keep track of where repairs are needed. How about keeping an EYE on them with
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Hey Siri – want to go shopping? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. I can always use a second opinion at the mall! But if I need a top to go with the pants I bought online? No worries! Artificial intelligence offers up the PERFECT
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Chat GPT? More like Chat MD! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Seeing patients, analyzing test results, writing reports – doctors are busy! Could artificial intelligence websites like Chat GPT help lighten the load? Enter John Ayers from the University of San
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Hey Siri – want to go shopping? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. I can always use a second opinion at the mall! But if I need a top to go with the pants I bought online? No worries! Artificial intelligence offers up the PERFECT
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Ring ring! It’s your health care calling! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Thanks to telehealth, you can now get a diagnosis in your PJs — IF your phone is nearby! But what about a COVID test? Could you screen for infections from the comfort
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[siiiiiighhh] Dirty dishes in the sink – AGAIN! When will someone clean that up!? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying – someone ELSE, I mean! Stepping up is tough! Whether it’s housework, stopping bullies, or giving blood, no one wants to be the first.
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With great autonomous vehicles, comes great autonomous responsibility! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. As we age, our reaction time slows and driving gets trickier. The solution? Self-driving cars! However, most autonomous cars require alert drivers ready to take control in an emergency. What if
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I spy with my little eye….A-I? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Human intelligence can easily tell elbows from oboes. But ARTIFICIAL intelligence networks are TAUGHT using thousands of pictures. This deep learning technique has achieved extraordinary success at teaching A-I to see and identify
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Computers always beat me at chess! What ELSE are they better at? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Pathologists discover two hundred thousand cases of lung cancer each year. Diagnosis requires time-consuming lab tests and a trained eye for pictures of lung tissue. Is there
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WOW! X-Ray Specs! Remember ordering those? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying yeah, mine didn’t work either! But, good news, kids! Researchers from M-I-T think they have a NEW way to see through walls. Dina Katabi used radio waves to map people’s locations. This
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