The Einstein test: what happens when AI tries to rediscover relativity?
Philip Ball is a science writer based in London.
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In 1915, Albert Einstein unveiled his general theory of relativity and transformed our view of the fabric of the physical world. The theory, which explains gravitation as a deformation of space-time by mass, is a pinnacle of modern physics that underpins cosmology, from work on black holes to measurements of gravitational waves , and is used routinely to guide space missions and GPS satellites.
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