The world is abuzz, perhaps befuddled, about the growing use of artificial intelligence then strapping it to ChatGPT, the AI-powered language model.
“It” can respond to queries, discuss a lot of topics, and crank out writing pieces.
So let’s blue-sky a bit…but mix in the mystique of the Red Planet Mars.

Could robots on Mars be super-charged with AI/ChatGPT to perform on-the-spot research, relaying their discoveries in real-time?
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Well-paginated
Say that data is digested, assessed, appraised and assembled in some scientific form. Then the product, in well-paginated condition, with footnotes to boot, is transmitted to a scientific journal, like Science or Nature, for publication.

ChatGPT is an AI-powered language model, “trained” and fed vast amounts of Internet information.
Image credit: OpenAI
I reached out to several leading researchers, presenting this off-Earth, on-Mars scenario, with a variety of reactions in return.
For more information, go to my new Space.com story – “ChatGPT on Mars: How AI can help scientists study the Red Planet” – at


