The development of technology at the speed of light in the last two hundred years has allowed us to have more information about the universe we live in than ever before. As humanity, we have come to a level where we have exploration tools on Mars since we discovered our neighboring planets in the Solar System. However, scientists thought that “the rules of the universe” were the only thing that did not change in this process of change and development. It seems that this thinking can also be subject to change.
Researchers at Brown University and Microsoft suggest that the known laws of physics may be changing. Science and technology magazine Popular Mechanics published an article earlier this year called “The Autodidactic Universe”. In this article, the title of which means ‘self-learning universe’, the research team argues that the universe adapts to the conditions that occur over time and changes the laws of physics.
The universe might work just like an ‘artificial intelligence’:
The research team states that they turned to such a study to find out whether there is a mechanism in the universe that ‘enables adaptation to conditions’. According to the theory put forward in the article, the universe may be organizing itself in such a way that it adapts to current conditions, just as in the evolution of living things. For example, it is stated that Newton’s laws of gravity may not have worked in the early universe as they do now.
Janna Levin, professor of physics and astronomer at Columbia University, summarizes the theory put forward in the published article as follows: “What is intended to be explained in the article is that the universe adapts to current conditions over time and creates fundamental laws accordingly. If the universe can make calculations to adapt to the situation from the data it has, we can liken it to ‘artificial intelligence’ technology. “On the other hand, the research team does not make any claims about the accuracy of these theories, and they consider it a small step in this area.
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