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10 October 2019: Estimating earthquake risk, and difficulties for deep-learning

10 October 2019: Estimating earthquake risk, and difficulties for deep-learning

FromNature Podcast


10 October 2019: Estimating earthquake risk, and difficulties for deep-learning

FromNature Podcast

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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Oct 9, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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This week, a method for predicting follow-up earthquakes, and the issues with deep learning systems in AI.In this episode:00:47 Which is the big quake?A new technique could allow seismologists to better predict if a larger earthquake will follow an initial tremor. Research Article: Real-time discrimination of earthquake foreshocks and aftershocks; News and Views: Predicting if the worst earthquake has passed07:46 Research HighlightsVampire bats transmitting rabies in Costa Rica, and why are some octopuses warty? Research Article: Streicker et al.; Research Article: Voight et al.10:03 Problems for pattern-recognitionDeep-learning allows AIs to better understand the world, but the technique is not without its issues. News Feature: Why deep-learning AIs are so easy to fool16:31 News ChatWe roundup the 2019 Nobel Prizes for science. News: Biologists who decoded how cells sense oxygen win medicine Nobel; News: Physics Nobel goes to exoplanet and cosmology pioneers; News: Chemistry Nobel honours world-changing batteries For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Oct 9, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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The Nature Podcast brings you the best stories from the world of science each week. We cover everything from astronomy to zoology, highlighting the most exciting research from each issue of Nature journal. We meet the scientists behind the results and providing in-depth analysis from Nature's journalists and editors.