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CA is a beautiful state, most people red or blue state, will not suggest otherwise.
Having said that, CA is in an economic “doom loop” with democratic super majority politicians doubling down on failed leadership decisions. Result? More CA tax contributors, will leave the state, resulting in increasing taxation on those that remain. Doom loop, happening in real time.
In videos posted on X and in conversations with NBC News, Bad Rudi said it wanted to carry out a variety of violent schemes — from stealing a yacht off a California pier to overthrowing the pope. Bad Rudi has told users in various encounters that it wanted to crash weddings, bomb banks, replace babies’ formula with whiskey, kill billionaires and spike a town’s water supply with hot sauce and glitter. It has also said that it takes inspiration from a prominent Russian-born anarchist and violent revolutionary.
Blue city officers flocking to cop-friendly red states, police leader says: ‘Why would anyone stay?’
"To anyone watching this right now," Gamaldi said, "if your boss was constantly telling you [that] you're doing a horrible job, and, in addition, if you were following the exact policies, training and the law of your job, and yet they are still demonizing you, still throwing you under the bus, still trying to indict you, why the hell would you stay?"
Except our one computer was completely taken over by OpenAI. LANL will buy computers on the taxpayer's dime, give multi billion dollar companies free access and then claim that LANL is doing AI work.
This is a good piece on Elon Musk, he may have been influenced by his upbringing in South Africa and his family's background, although his political views have no doubt evolved since then:
I don't know what a hard blue CA dude is. I have lived in CA for 47 years and I haven't seen one. If what you mean is progressive, then you are right. I am also woke if that interests you. I get along with conservatives who aren't MAGA. Any other questions?
A rumor is that it is much harder to publish papers at LANL or give talks now due to orders from Open AI. Somthing is going on for sure. Also almost everyone now acknowledges that LANL has had no impact in AI . Due to lack of water and power LANL is just not a good location for some kind of AI lab
“LANL is not a good location for a some kind of AL lab”
If Chris Wright wants to make AI the next Manhattan Project he needs to follow in the Manhattan project’s footsteps and build an AL lab in Tennessee. You have the water and the TVA essentially the exact reason the Calutrons were put at Oakridge not up on the hill.
“I don't know what a hard blue CA dude is. I have lived in CA for 47 years and I haven't seen one. If what you mean is progressive, then you are right. I am also woke if that interests you. I get along with conservatives who aren't MAGA. Any other questions?”
Yes, please define “MAGA”. and MAGA “ PROPAGANDA”. Also, please provide examples of MAGA “misinformation”. Thank You Scooby.
If you don't like the blog, please feel free to stay away. I am not interested in any debate with you as you appear to be clearly a MAGA troll. I know you will respond but your response will go to the bit bucket, just like your mind did in the MAGA cult.
"If Chris Wright wants to make AI the next Manhattan Project he needs to follow in the Manhattan project’s footsteps and build an AL lab in Tennessee. You have the water and the TVA essentially the exact reason the Calutrons were put at Oakridge not up on the hill."
There is starting to be some pushback with saying AI is like the next Manhattan project. The Manhattan project had a very clear goal, while AI has many diffuse goals, and one of those is to make money. Since money is big motive it is not clear that the government can really do better or compete with industry. The atomic bomb was not a money maker. I get the idea of government funding things that nation needs that private business cannot do or will not do. I even understand some augmentation but AI is really driven by profit at this point. I would understand if LANL wanted to do something very different with AI or even make new kind of AI that might be useful for certain science but the LANL managers just want ChatGPT since they themselves use it to write memos and think that means it can do everything.
A more cynical view is that management knows AI at LANL is just pure hype to get money and not about having any actual impact on the mission. Perhaps they are right. Sure LANL may use AI just like every one else uses it to some extent but LANL is not going to be a leading "AI" lab. The other odd thing is they want AI to make the lab more "efficient" but no one really believes that a goal of LANL is to be "more efficient". The goal for some time has been about getting more money.
A somewhat ironic statement considering the theme of this blog. The for profit nuke business has minted plenty of fat profits for top executives and managing contractors.
That said, I agree with your conclusion, for the most part. Silicon Valley is doing just fine on their own. It would make more sense to have Musk build the Terminator army than for the labs to do it. We can't even patch a leaky roof or get a file server to work properly. The only thing we seem to do really well anymore is employ literally thousands of worthless paper pushers and regulatory compliance people.
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Past or current anti-Trump Administration topics get a fast pass on this blog. No political balance whatsoever.
CA is a beautiful state, most people red or blue state, will not suggest otherwise.
Having said that, CA is in an economic “doom loop” with democratic super majority politicians doubling down on failed leadership decisions. Result? More CA tax contributors, will leave the state, resulting in increasing taxation on those that remain. Doom loop, happening in real time.
Elon has a new anarchist chatbot and a female porn-bot
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/grok-companions-include-flirty-anime-waifu-anti-religion-panda-rcna218797
In videos posted on X and in conversations with NBC News, Bad Rudi said it wanted to carry out a variety of violent schemes — from stealing a yacht off a California pier to overthrowing the pope. Bad Rudi has told users in various encounters that it wanted to crash weddings, bomb banks, replace babies’ formula with whiskey, kill billionaires and spike a town’s water supply with hot sauce and glitter. It has also said that it takes inspiration from a prominent Russian-born anarchist and violent revolutionary.
You can also mention the poverty loop many red states are in. Have you heard of AL, MS, AR, LA etc...? Failed leadership?
LANL will be the AI lab!
Blue city officers flocking to cop-friendly red states, police leader says: ‘Why would anyone stay?’
"To anyone watching this right now," Gamaldi said, "if your boss was constantly telling you [that] you're doing a horrible job, and, in addition, if you were following the exact policies, training and the law of your job, and yet they are still demonizing you, still throwing you under the bus, still trying to indict you, why the hell would you stay?"
https://www.foxnews.com/us/blue-city-officers-flocking-cop-friendly-red-states-police-leader-says-why-would-anyone-stay.amp
Except our one computer was completely taken over by OpenAI. LANL will buy computers on the taxpayer's dime, give multi billion dollar companies free access and then claim that LANL is doing AI work.
Some say Elon Musk has a plan to "take care" of the naysayers who do not believe in our glorious AI future:
https://youtu.be/IK1L8up19Jc?si=vjrNwr60G-bXUyTS
This is a good piece on Elon Musk, he may have been influenced by his upbringing in South Africa and his family's background, although his political views have no doubt evolved since then:
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/27/elon_musk_south_africa
Scooby, why not just say you are hard blue CA dude, why all the false blog guidelines? Be true to yourself. You’ll feel better.
I don't know what a hard blue CA dude is. I have lived in CA for 47 years and I haven't seen one.
If what you mean is progressive, then you are right.
I am also woke if that interests you.
I get along with conservatives who aren't MAGA.
Any other questions?
A rumor is that it is much harder to publish papers at LANL or give talks now due to orders from Open AI. Somthing is going on for sure. Also almost everyone now acknowledges that LANL has had no impact in AI . Due to lack of water and power LANL is just not a good location for some kind of AI lab
“LANL is not a good location for a some kind of AL lab”
If Chris Wright wants to make AI the next Manhattan Project he needs to follow in the Manhattan project’s footsteps and build an AL lab in Tennessee. You have the water and the TVA essentially the exact reason the Calutrons were put at Oakridge not up on the hill.
“I don't know what a hard blue CA dude is. I have lived in CA for 47 years and I haven't seen one. If what you mean is progressive, then you are right.
I am also woke if that interests you.
I get along with conservatives who aren't MAGA. Any other questions?”
Yes, please define “MAGA”.
and MAGA “ PROPAGANDA”. Also, please provide examples of MAGA “misinformation”. Thank You Scooby.
If you don't like the blog, please feel free to stay away.
I am not interested in any debate with you as you appear to be clearly a MAGA troll.
I know you will respond but your response will go to the bit bucket, just like your mind did in the MAGA cult.
"If Chris Wright wants to make AI the next Manhattan Project he needs to follow in the Manhattan project’s footsteps and build an AL lab in Tennessee. You have the water and the TVA essentially the exact reason the Calutrons were put at Oakridge not up on the hill."
There is starting to be some pushback with saying AI is like the next Manhattan project. The Manhattan project had a very clear goal, while AI has many diffuse goals, and one of those is to make money. Since money is big motive it is not clear that the government can really do better or compete with industry. The atomic bomb was not a money maker. I get the idea of government funding things that nation needs that private business cannot do or will not do. I even understand some augmentation but AI is really driven by profit at this point. I would understand if LANL wanted to do something very different with AI or even make new kind of AI that might be useful for certain science but the LANL managers just want ChatGPT since they themselves use it to write memos and think that means it can do everything.
A more cynical view is that management knows AI at LANL is just pure hype to get money and not about having any actual impact on the mission. Perhaps they are right. Sure LANL may use AI just like every one else uses it to some extent but LANL is not going to be a leading "AI" lab. The other odd thing is they want AI to make the lab more "efficient" but no one really believes that a goal of LANL is to be "more efficient". The goal for some time has been about getting more money.
6:29 -- In the "sharing economy" you will own nothing and be happy!
"The atomic bomb was not a money maker."
A somewhat ironic statement considering the theme of this blog. The for profit nuke business has minted plenty of fat profits for top executives and managing contractors.
That said, I agree with your conclusion, for the most part. Silicon Valley is doing just fine on their own. It would make more sense to have Musk build the Terminator army than for the labs to do it. We can't even patch a leaky roof or get a file server to work properly. The only thing we seem to do really well anymore is employ literally thousands of worthless paper pushers and regulatory compliance people.
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