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Comment Re:Shifting goalposts (Score 1) 261

The purpose of a Turing-type test is to act as a filter so that systems that fail
such a test can be disposed of without wasting any more time on them.
But what if the system doesn't fail the test?
Does that mean it is "generally intelligent"?
No, it means that the test was too easy.

Thus the goalposts will forever be in motion, as it should be.
After all, even if the system succeeds on thousands of tests,
it could always fail the next one.
China

China Advances Abandoned US Nuclear Technology (technologyreview.com) 71

Chinese scientists have achieved a significant nuclear breakthrough by successfully refueling a thorium-based reactor while it remains operational, according to reports from Chinese state media.

The experimental 2-megawatt thermal reactor, which came online in June 2024, represents the revival of technology originally developed and abandoned by the United States in the mid-20th century. The milestone was revealed during a closed meeting at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, where project leaders shared results demonstrating the reactor's ability to be refueled without shutdown -- a capability conventional uranium reactors lack.

Though small compared to MIT's 6-megawatt research reactor, this achievement shows China's accelerating nuclear ambitions. The country has surpassed France in nuclear generation and recently approved 10 new reactors worth over $27 billion in investment. This thorium reactor joins other revived nuclear concepts, including molten-salt cooling systems and high-temperature gas reactors, as developers look to the past for solutions to advance nuclear energy's future.

Comment Re: Pretty please with sugar on top (Score 1) 85

If someone writes a libelous article about someone else, do
you punish MS Office? No, you punish the fucker who
wrote it. This "holding an AI legally responsible" is just a
gimmick so the company that uses it won't be held
responsible.

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