Beyond the Lab: AI Predicts Concrete Strength with Unprecedented Accuracy
A new study demonstrates the potential of artificial intelligence to rapidly and reliably assess concrete compressive strength, offering a path toward automated quality control in large-scale construction projects.

![PRISM reconstructs a large language model’s probability prediction by aggregating Shapley values-quantifying each factor’s contribution-where factors positively correlated with the outcome are represented in green and those negatively correlated in red, with the size of each representation reflecting the absolute value of its contribution, effectively decomposing [latex] f(\cdot) [/latex] via the sigmoid function [latex] \sigma(\cdot) [/latex].](https://arxiv.org/html/2601.09151v1/x1.png)

![Analysis of simulations mirroring the gravitational wave event GW231123, conducted with the NRSur waveform model and assessed through independent detector inference, reveals that divergences between posterior distributions of parameters-including total mass [latex]M_M[/latex], mass ratio [latex]q_q[/latex], luminosity distance [latex]D_{L D}\[/latex], effective inspiral spin [latex]\chi_{eff}[/latex], and precession spin [latex]\chi_p[/latex]-are consistent with expectations for Gaussian noise, with a small percentage of LIGO Livingston and LIGO Hanford pairs exhibiting larger divergences than those observed in GW231123 itself.](https://arxiv.org/html/2601.09678v1/figures_BF/JS_H_L_chip.png)


