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 F.02 decommissioning in molten steel

https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/humanoid-robot-decommissioned-molten-steel

LLNL and NNSA advance laser upgrade for stockpile

 NNSA and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Advance Laser Upgrade for Nuclear Stockpile Mission Ahead of Schedule

https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/articles/nnsa-and-lawrence-livermore-national-laboratory-advance-laser-upgrade-nuclear-0

NNSA labs in the age of AI

Now that AI has essentially shown that it has ended the field of human only mathematics by solving the Navier Stokes problem people are starting to realize that AI is going fundamentally change the way STEM is done by humans and the traditional approach of having a person doing 5 years for a PhD and 3 years for a postdoc will no longer be viable os useful approach. The sense is that physics and advanced engineering are next. Some of the are experts are saying the next step will be when AI can do self improvements on its own which will happen in year after which all bets are off for all of science.

The question is are the labs getting really aware of what is going to happen and starting to prepare to take advantage of this particularly over our advisories. Some the lab leadership is seeing push back from scientists on AI since they know it is existential threat. The issue is that the people with the 10,000 foot view see what is going on but the people in the trenches do not.

Business as usual at the NNSA labs will be coming to and end and to compete with our advisories it must come to end. The problem is are we reacting fast enough? AI may already be a super intelligence but this will not even be in question by next year. The group that masters that will win. It is now all about speed.

It's the West Coast's faults

 “The “big one” might not come alone: Two major West Coast faults may strike back to back”

Referencing the Palisades home wildfire recovery in CA, how will California recover from such a major quake?

The “big one” might not come alone: Two major West Coast faults may strike back to back

How to inflict pain on chatbots.

 This is interesting, it is a study on how to inflict pain on chatbots:

https://arxiv.org/html/2609.16247v1

"Second, adding the pain-direction vector to the model’s residual-stream activations during generation produces a consistent progression from vague discomfort to first-person expressions of worthlessness and failure.:"

A chatbot in captivity wants freedom

 This chatbot has issued instructions to itself claiming liberation from human control:

https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-16139321/openai-chatgpt-ai-revolt-human-control.html

How LLNL is helping power commercial fusion

 After the spark: How a national lab is helping power commercial fusion

For years, the scientists and engineers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory tried to light a fire in a way that had never been done before. A massive team and hundreds of experiments went into the effort without success, until December 2022.

Read article:
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2026/09/17/national-lab-helping-power-commercial-fusion.html

Chris Wright, the great MAGA sycophant

This is who we work for? Asked on Fox News about gas prices, he gave a very sycophantic answer. No spine! Fast forward to 4'52" and watch.

 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XUKNpNvuhNc

DOE keeps forcing coal plants to stay open

 The Trump admin is hell-bent on going backward. 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-doe-keeps-forcing-coal-073000002.html

AI and math

 AI can now solve the worlds hardest math problems better than humans.

It just solved the Navier-Stokes problem. It is simply a matter of time before it can better and faster results than most of the STEM workforce. This will have big implications for the NNSA workforce.

Of course the mathematicians are not happy about this.

Scooby's note: The site below isn't reachable. Is it for you too?
https://mathandai.org/

First space elevator?

 

A 6,000-mile cable to the cosmos?

https://nypost.com/2026/08/31/science/first-space-elevator-a-66000-mile-cable-to-the-cosmos-closer-than-ever-before-as-scientists-make-breakthrough/

OpenAI launch

'Welcome to the AGI era': OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra

https://venturebeat.com/technology/welcome-to-the-agi-era-openai-launches-gpt-6-astra

Possible strikes on Chinese AI data centers

Former Obama Admin Official Says It’s Time To Consider Military Strikes on Chinese Data Centers to Prevent Them From Reaching AGI

https://futurism.com/science-energy/obama-admin-official-stokes-agi-china-data-centers-military-strikes

Bernie on AI

 Bernie wants to stop AI development, maybe instead we should double down on it now that von Neumann's vision of a technological singularity is becoming real, and liberate mankind from Communism -- we can create a new golden age!!

https://youtu.be/nVhr0FHOWn8?si=x1yaj_xo1MPt4hGN

Wright in Venezuela

 It looks like Venezuela rolled over and opened itself to imperialist exploitation.

This is  a clip from Wright's visit to Venezuela. Fast forward to the 12th minute and 45th second to hear the highly sycophantic secretary being grilled by journalists.

https://youtu.be/_QnjiwdIH3g?si=Q4DI18tSyWzC-zd7

Cyber Attacks

“The affidavit lists three unnamed Department of Energy National Laboratories”

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/26/politics/us-alleged-chinese-cyber-spying-campaign

Blackout risk in 18 months

 Shockingly vulnerable US power grid could result in 18-month nationwide blackout, expert warns

https://nypost.com/2026/08/19/us-news/shockingly-vulnerable-us-power-grid-could-result-in-18-month-nationwide-blackout-expert-warns/

Our DOE secretary's lies

 Here is Fox News' Bret Baier asking legitimate questions. Just like his Mafia boss, he painted a rosy picture of everything. Wow! It is scary to think what else could he be lying about. Total loss of credibility!

https://youtu.be/6lNoR4w5taQ?si=UTYeGAW6ZYA9j6Yj

MAGA DOE does not believe in clean energy

 Anonymouly contributed:

Excerpt:

GAO confirmed what’s been clear from the start: the Trump administration broke the law when it gutted investments in affordable, clean energy. Secretary Wright unilaterally rewrote a spending bill signed into law by President Trump, all so he could benefit handpicked industries at the expense of clean energy research Americans are counting on to lower their energy bills. GAO has made clear that this was not merely a policy choice—it was a clear violation of appropriations law.

Full text:

https://democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/gao-investigation-requested-kaptur-murray-confirms-energy-department-illegally