From the Huffington Post Why Workplace Jargon Is A Big Problem http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/25/work-words_n_5159868.html?utm_hp_ref=business&ir=Business When we replace a specific task with a vague expression, we grant the task more magnitude than it deserves. If we don't describe an activity plainly, it seems less like an easily achievable goal and more like a cloudy state of existence that fills unknowable amounts of time. A fog of fast and empty language has seeped into the workplace. I say it's time we air it out, making room for simple, concrete words, and, therefore, more deliberate actions. By striking the following 26 words from your speech, I think you'll find that you're not quite as overwhelmed as you thought you were. Count the number that LLNLs mangers use. touch base circle back bandwidth - impactful - utilize - table the discussion deep dive - engagement - viral value-add - one-sheet deliverable - work product - incentivise - take it to the ...
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LANL seems to think that AI research is just about having computers and people have nothing to do with it. Most LANL staff are now saying amongst themselves that LANLs AI efforts are poorly planed and have little hope of ever having impact.
LANL will never be the "AI" lab and there is little to no chance it will ever have any impact in this field. In fact I would venture to say that LANLs scientific impact is going to continue to decline.
I would guess if DOE really wants a AI lab they will need to start a new one, or it will be at ANL or ORNL. There was recent APS meeting which was the largest physics meeting of all time and I know for a fact that people from ex-LANL people at ORNL where telling everyone how much better it was and to get out of LANL.