Google's AI going nuts?

 This is interesting, Google has rediscovered the classic "garbage in garbage out" paradigm in computer science using chatbots trained from the internet:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2024/05/28/the-prompt-googles-ai-suggested-adding-glue-to-pizza/?sh=3c23ee6f1091

Google told people they could use glue to ensure that cheese sticks to pizza, that they could stare at the sun for up to 30 minutes and that geologists suggest eating one rock per day.

LLNL hiring practice

 A friend of mine,  an LLNL employee,   mentioned to me that when there is a search to fill an internal position, it is lab's policy to interview external candidates too.  

That's a great policy, except that what my friend  added was outrageous! Often times, an internal candidate had already been selected but the interviews continue.

Isn't this a waste of resources?  external candidates stand no chance!

This ought to be illegal.

I am an external candidate who was planning on joining the lab.

Would I be wasting my time?

Have you seen this practice? Has it always been in place or is it the brain child of LLNS?

Have you spoken up?

DUIs

 A lab worker bee DUI is an immediate “intent to dismiss” (firing) offense, but a Lab manager DUI from a supervisor and above, not so much?

Fusion news: General Atomics restarts experiments

 

DIII-D at General Atomics restarts experiments, as scientists seek to make the vast potential of nuclear fusion a reality

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/story/2024-05-24/general-atomics-tour

Is limitless energy here?

 

Scientists use rare metal to set new record in effort to produce limitless energy...

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/scientists-rare-metal-set-record-053000492.html

Progess in proton acceleration

Smaller laser facility uses new method to exceed previous record for proton acceleration

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-smaller-laser-facility-method-exceed.html?_gl=1*gqzqsi*_ga*cjdPa29ZZkVEZE4zR0VMMjY2d1dJbnV0eGtiVGJuVXMwVWRIWW5IM0s2Q0hkcWNieFdSNlQyWnQwR3FfWjB3Qw..*_ga_6M86390YBL*MTcxNjE3ODIxNy4xLjEuMTcxNjE3ODIxNy4wLjAuMA

LLNL 2026

 The “LANSLLNS” for-profit cash cow empire, took a blow when LANS lost the contract to manage LANL in favor of Triad.

Will the surviving for-profit LLNS retain the contract to manage LLNL in 2026?