- In the search for extraterrestrial life, scientists have made a significant advancement by developing a straightforward test.
- AI can determine whether a sample is from a living organism or not with 90% accuracy.
- The AI is being used by scientists to analyze rocks from a variety of places, including Australia and Canada.
In the search for extraterrestrial life, scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC, have made a significant advancement by developing a straightforward test.
This test, which makes use of artificial intelligence (AI), can determine whether a sample is from a living organism or not with 90% accuracy. It may work on samples we currently have, like those from Mars, which is the most exciting part.
Alien life
An important development in biology is the creation of a new AI technique to recognize minute variations in the arrangement of molecules in samples.
The AI was trained using information from 134 known samples, and when presented with fresh samples to identify, it did so with an accuracy rate of 90%.
It can even tell the difference between living things and fossils, including living and dead leaves. Due to the frequent breakdown of organic molecules over time, this approach is especially helpful when samples are old and have undergone significant alteration.
The use of this technology may also be able to answer other questions about Earth, such as whether or not the oldest petrified life is found in ancient rocks. The AI is being used by scientists to analyze rocks from a variety of places, including Australia and Canada.
