We asked the new AI to do some simple rocket science. It crashed and burned

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Computers have been used in rocketry for half-a-century, so it’s possible to think that the new AI programs could help. They struggled to grasp the basics. NPR staff generated imagery using Midjourney

NPR staff generated imagery using Midjourney

Tiera Fletcher carefully read through an artificial intelligence chatbot’s attempt at rocket science.

“That’s true, that’s factual,” she said thoughtfully as she scanned the AI-generated description of one of the most fundamental equations, known simply as “the rocket equation.”

Then she got to the

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