So how many interstellar objects might Rubin actually detect? The answer varies widely depending on which assumptions scientists use.

They used deep learning methods from TensorFlow API and Google Brain, and were able to detect elephants with an accuracy comparable to the accuracy of human counting of populations.

An artificial skin is even better than human skin at sensing objects, because it can detect and identify items that it hasn’t touched yet. “Human skin has to touch something to tell it what is ...