12-10-2023, 09:02 PM
whether it was an intern or AI,
Ah! The interns may have written the article, not searched star fields for unusual objects. I had an acquaintance who volunteered at one of the Mauna Kea observatories looking for changes and movement in photos some years ago, so my mind went straight off in that direction.
Discovering a star near a black hole and extrapolating that it might harbor extraterrestrial life, that does sound like an intern having a laugh, or budget A.I. connecting very few dots from a couple bits of info, after training on social media steeped in conspiracy theories.
Ah! The interns may have written the article, not searched star fields for unusual objects. I had an acquaintance who volunteered at one of the Mauna Kea observatories looking for changes and movement in photos some years ago, so my mind went straight off in that direction.
Discovering a star near a black hole and extrapolating that it might harbor extraterrestrial life, that does sound like an intern having a laugh, or budget A.I. connecting very few dots from a couple bits of info, after training on social media steeped in conspiracy theories.