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Re:AI beats human sleuth at finding problematic images in re... by anticensor on Thursday October 05, 2023 @06:11AM (#37776756)
> that the speed of light is 299,792,458 m/s

This is currently a fixed constant, not an observed quantity, because of the way the metre is defined.

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Re:AI beats human sleuth at finding problematic images in re... by leereeves on Thursday October 05, 2023 @06:22AM (#37776823)
True, but that means the length of a meter is a scientific observation we can't individually duplicate.
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