Have done a PhD on the magnetic confinement of fusion plasma, I'd bet my house on the latter. (View Post)

That's entirely speculation on your part. There are probably quite a few pensioners who don't really feel they need the WFA and that the money could be better spent elsewhere. Humans are not all self… (View Post)

We've been through all this before. Remember the hype about expert systems a few decades ago? They were also going to replace humans, until they didn't. While generative AI is obviously a qualitative… (View Post)

I'd add social media to that list too. In days gone by, the effort of achieving publication tended to weed out the crazier notions. Now, though, every nutter has a voice, and the combined racket of t… (View Post)

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