In the Zooniverse, AI can’t take the citizen out of citizen science

By Sara Cooper Medill Reports Dan Caselden had little interest in astronomy before he became an expert in identifying undiscovered celestial bodies. Scrolling through social media in 2017, he heard of a digital project called Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 where he could volunteer his time to help astronomers identify rogue planets, brown dwarfs and potentially […]