Interesting Links for 20-05-2025

[andrewducker]

1. News on the search for the solar system's ninth planet

(tags:space solarsystem viaJamesNicoll )

2. AI Chatbots Are Becoming Even Worse At Summarizing Data (5 times worse results than human-written summaries)

(tags:ai writing epicfail )

3. Several conferences relocate north of the border as Canadians refuse to travel to the U.S.

(tags:usa canada academia conferences )

4. UK, France, Canada speak out on Israel's actions in Gaza. (Not actually doing anything about it, mind you)

(tags:UK France Israel Canada gaza )

5. What's the state of using AI for science?

(tags:ai research physics )

6. It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System

(tags:ai Education school doom )

7. Sex worker 'terrified' by plans for new Scottish prostitution law

(tags:sexwork scotland OhForFucksSake )

Comments

[calimac]

Pluto is not, and never was, the 'ninth planet' that was being looked for prior to 1930. When it was found, it was mistaken for that planet, but it was soon realized not to be anything like they were looking for. It was called a planet because they didn't know what else to do with it, having not yet discovered any other bodies in its class.

The search for the 'ninth planet' continues, regardless of Pluto, whose existence is irrelevant to the question at hand. For a while they were calling it the search for the tenth planet.