Human replacement

 This is a good video about mass produced robots replacing human workers:

https://youtu.be/RFbuZpNaIaY?si=ECChAX33-50tKB7n

Secretary Wright visits LLNL

Just this week Secretary Wright visited LLNL and while he made Ai as the next Manhattan project for the national labs. I got this feeling the next project for him was to cut back many of the programs.

Gasoline out of thin air

 This company has a machine that produces gasoline out of air, using an input of electricity:

https://www.aircela.com/

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/05/15/3082353/0/en/Aircela-Unveils-Machine-That-Turns-Air-into-Fossil-Free-Gasoline.html

AI demystified

 Hello blog contributors! 

First, I apologize for the post title. It suggests I am trying to demystify AI while in fact I am asking you for help in doing it.

I have used chatbots to ask far-fetched questions and to check for plagiarism, mainly.

Is anyone versed enough in AI in  both its software and hardware aspects to explain its engines, sources, challenges and applications?

Or anything else. It is a relatively new field, so no one should expect a symposium.

Thank you 

AI blackmail

 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqeng9d20go

AI system resorts to blackmail if told it will be removed

Luckily LANL will be an all AI lab, so no dangers there.

AI chaos

 This is an interesting story, an AI threatens the apocalypse over a failed vending machine business:

https://youtu.be/si8DUlhiLlg?si=qfNx4nGnQ2H9tdAF

Once upon a time at LLNL...

 Back in the day, a Superintendent level manager at LLNL, set himself up for lab paid business related trips. His legally blind wife, decided to surprise him by adding herself on to his hotel reservation. To her surprise, the reservation desk, said to the wife, the second occupancy for the room was aleady registered, that being a subordinate administrative female assistant within the superintenden’s sphere of influence. Well, the blind wife’s coworkers in HR from that point forward, thought Mr. Superintendent was basically a low life scum bag.

But, after this low mark, could anything occur worse? Yes. And again, a free pass in terms of security clearance, and future advancement.