Review of New AI Implant made by USC serving as drug-free relief for chronic pain

 Original article:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250623233327.htm 

To me, this is a fascinating way to use AI, and an article I plan on reviewing soon!

A Short Introduction to Coding

 Want to get started with coding? Look no further!

This will serve as an introduction for coding beginners who have no idea how to start.

1) Think about what you want to do with coding

Before you start, it’s important to determine what is your end goal with learning. Do you want to make a game? Mods? Apps? Websites?

There are various languages for various uses when it comes to programming, and those would be better suited for whatever you wish to do would make a better choice for figuring out what languages you would need to learn and what basic skills you should start with.

2) Find tutorials and/or videos.

Next, you will have to scavenge the web for the appriopraiate web tutorials to start from. 
You can also use books, but mostly videos are sufficient to get started with a programming language.

I recommend Bro Code on YouTube, but you can Google around and find one you like.  

 3) Actually do projects.

 The next step to actually learning how to code is to find something to build using code. How do you expect to hone a new skill if you don't do anything to practice it? So yes, find something that interests you to make using your chosen language- a website, a Tic Tac Toe game, whatever- and build it! It doesn't have to be too fancy. 

 You can easily find a tutorial for any of these online, but be careful. Finding and using tutorials is a slippery slope. For all you know, you could be unable to code without a tutorial. Something that's very dangerous.

So make sure to also do projects on your own. No YouTube. No tutor. That's when you learn to code more. 

My new article for the Youth Tech & Ethics Institution (AI Ethics in Coding)

 Hey everyone,

 I have recently joined a new group known as the Youth Tech & Ethics Institution!

Now you may be asking, what is that? Well, it's an online-based organization that's student-led and meant to explore the evolving roles of technology in our daily lives and society - and the ethical implications of it all.

We explore topics such as AI, biotech, the medical field, climate change, and more!

 Here is my article written for the institution (will also be posted on the official YTEI website soon I reckon) :

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The Ethics of Using AI Within Computer Science

In this day and age, AI is becoming more common  in the tech industry. AI is becoming more of a focus for many tech companies, which often implement AI in some way in their applications. While AI has become increasingly involved and connected with technology, it’s highly unlikely it will actually find its footing to replace jobs such as programmers or software engineers. AI might be useful for overly repetitive tasks, it cannot ever truly take over software engineering due to the fact that those engineering tasks still remain human at the core. As an article “AI excels in repetitive tasks, but software development is often more about creativity and problem-solving. It's like comparing a paint-by-numbers kit to an artist creating a masterpiece—both involve painting, but only one truly involves artistry.” Carnegie Mellon University states. This case in the software industry can be compared to other industries where people can get concerned about the usage of AI generated creations over the work of humans. So where does this lay the need for AI ethics in tech fields? 

AI is being increasingly used by many people, including programmers who have started to use it to write their code for them. There is a new phenomenon known as “vibe coding”, where programmers are now using purely LLM models to do their work, staying almost in a conversational loop with the AI while prioritizing creative output instead, as said by the creator of the term, Andrej Karpathy in an article from the Times of India. While it can be a useful tool for checking while programming, ultimately it leads to an increased lack of software security and accountability. According to a Stanford study from 2022, participants who wrote code with an AI assistant wrote significantly less secure code than those who trusted the AI less. While the security risks of using AI-written code is rather well-known and considerable, it should be also noted often using AI also creates a lack of accountability on the programmer/computer scientist. If programmers write bad code, they can simply blame it on the AI having that specific response, and thus being able to promote harm, misinformation, or bias possibly present in the AI’s response.

 

It should be noted that the AI typically used in “vibe coding” and the like are usually the ML algorithms, “dynamic algorithms—that learn and evolve by interacting with the environment, usually classified as ML algorithms” (Kazim et. al). These ML algorithms are trained off data, data taken from humans that can be flawed, subject to biases. According to a report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, AI can ‘inherit’ any bias programming or data structures that the machine learns from, giving another issue to using AI for programming and the like. Apart from the security, accountability, and ethical concerns, it should be noted that AI can be detrimental to people’s skills on their own.

When people use AI for coding or computer science blindly, they are not retaining or using any actual knowledge that they possess, but instead relying on these flawed models. AI-assisted programmers would not be able to as easily understand the errors in their code, and AI-assisted code leads to more errors in general (as shown in the same Stanford study as above), than if the programmer took the AI suggestions more in stride and instead relied on it much more sparingly. 

In conclusion, the increasing usage of AI in coding/programming and computer science brings up discussion and concerns about security, the amount of errors present in the code, any biases/harm, and accountability . The increased usage of AI for computer science is an ethical issue that’s to be examined carefully as proven in this article.

Kazim, E., & Koshiyama, A. S. (2021). A high-level overview of AI ethics. Patterns, 2(9), 100314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2021.100314

Will AI make software engineers obsolete? Here’s the reality. (n.d.). https://bootcamps.cs.cmu.edu/blog/will-ai-replace-software-engineers-reality-check

Desk, T. T. (2025, March 2). What is ‘vibe coding’? Former Tesla AI director Andrej Karpathy defines a new era in AI-driven development. The Times of India. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/what-is-vibe-coding-former-tesla-ai-director-andrej-karpathy-defines-a-new-era-in-ai-driven-development/articleshow/118659724.cms

Perry, N., Srivastava, M., Kumar, D., & Boneh, D. (2023). Do Users Write More Insecure Code with AI Assistants? Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security, 2785–2799. https://doi.org/10.1145/3576915.3623157

Boutin, C. (2025, February 3). There’s more to AI bias than biased data, NIST report highlights. NIST. https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2022/03/theres-more-ai-bias-biased-data-nist-report-highlights

 

Introduction to Space Elevators

 Space elevators are a proposed type of transportation from here (Earth) to space!

 

Basically there would be this some kind of cable, extending far out and into the atmosphere, even into space. It would allow us and vehicles to travel up into space and orbit without the use of rocketry. Ideally, it would be able to lift people and vehicles up into space while being environmentally friendly. 

 Obviously, this has a lot of safety hazards. Namely, what about airplanes? And what about spacecraft? And how long the cable should be? These are all questions scientists need to answer in order for there to be any hope of having a successful 'space elevator' in the future.

A small Introduction to Solar Cells!

I feel like this is an area of focus that people rarely find out about, so here I'm going to explain about what they are and what they are used for! 

 Solar cells, otherwise known as photovoltaic cells, are devices that convert the energy of light into electricity. Wait, so how does that all work? Well, it's all thanks to the photovoltaic effect; something coined by Einstein himself from 1905 where it was found out blue or ultraviolet light provides enough energy for electrons to escape completely from the surface of a metal.

Today, solar cells make up the parts of a solar panel, where they are put together to make up these well-known areas that are often found on people's homes.

 Solar cells are primarily made of silicon, which is derived from sand (that goes through a complex purification process). The silicon is then made into silicon wafers, which are transformed into these solar cells through doping and texturing. 

The solar cell is comprised of three parts; the n-type layer (semiconductor), junction between, then the p-type layer (semiconductor). When light photons strike the surface of the solar cell, they reflect off the cell, pass through it, or be absorbed to actually pass energy to generate electricity.  

 

My first post on this blog!

 Welcome all,

 This marks my first post on this blog. I started this blog to speak on my love of engineering (particularly electrical) and physics, after spending a year in high school taking a physics course which sparked my interest in these subjects. 

 I'm really excited to explore these topics further with my articles, where I will be reviewing, speculating, and writing on about several different areas in any area or video or topic within this field! And I'm also happy to be able to share this with anyone who comes across this blog.

Each post on this blog will be under a label related to the topic, feel free to look for a topic, eg. 'Astronomy', 'Electrical Engineering', if you're looking for me covering something specific.

Remember that I am only a student myself. I am prone to make mistakes, as everyone is. I will make sure to keep my info as concise and updated as possible.