Are we allowed to like AI art?

[Ekco]

oh that's where that post went.

was wondering wtf...

dual boxing threads

[shovelquest]

Imagine meeting a tentacle alien, totally insane looking and sounds all fucked like Arrival... and we do first contact, then later that week we hear their music and its like, literally country music and rap just in their language.

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Originally Posted by Ekco [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

yeah, you have to be funny enough that Netflix is gonna pay you no matter how much some people complain because dolla dolla bills yall

and after they failed to cancel Chapelle, only about 50% as much effort went into trying to cancel shane, again.

was just a bunch of articles telling people to feel bad about laughing at jokes that came of it.

failed to cancel chapelle.

Meanwhile chapelle is gone.

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Bill Burr toes the establishment line, and he just decides he doesn't like to do standup comedy anymore.

[Ciderpress]

I still like bill burr because I remember the actual person he's badly trying to hide under all his pull-up-the-ladder comedic cowardice lately. He has enough good stuff in the bank with me.

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Originally Posted by Ciderpress [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I still like bill burr because I remember the actual person he's badly trying to hide under all his pull-up-the-ladder comedic cowardice lately. He has enough good stuff in the bank with me.

Well put. I agree he's very much pull up the ladder coward lately hah!

Flying up there in his helecoptor, talking about how we're all crazy that we don't think everything's fine right now. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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"Just get yeh self a hobby, learn to fly your own helecoptor, wtf are all these kids complaining about!?"

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this dipshit thinks that HR using AI art is wrong somehow.

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[Reiwa]

Shut the hell up, Cliff

Originally Posted by Grok

Does the world have enough tritium to run a single fusion reactor?

Answer

Tritium is indeed a critical component for certain types of fusion reactors, particularly those that use deuterium-tritium (D-T) reactions, which are currently the most practical for achieving fusion on Earth. Here's a breakdown of the situation regarding tritium availability:

Current Supply: Tritium is relatively rare in nature due to its short half-life of about 12.3 years. Most of the tritium available today comes from byproducts of nuclear reactors, specifically from the neutron capture by lithium in the coolant of pressurized water reactors (PWRs). The global stockpile of tritium, as of the latest available data, is in the order of kilograms, which is quite limited.
Production:
Natural: Naturally occurring tritium is formed in the atmosphere from cosmic ray interactions with nitrogen, but this source is minuscule.
Man-made: The primary source is from nuclear reactors. However, even with these, the production rate is not high. For example, a typical PWR might produce only grams per year.
Future Potential: Breeder reactors and dedicated tritium production facilities could increase this supply, but these are not yet widely implemented due to cost, safety, and proliferation concerns.
Demand for Fusion:
A single modern fusion reactor like ITER, which is not yet operational for energy production but in its experimental phase, would require on the order of a few kilograms of tritium per year to operate at full capacity. This is significant compared to the current global stockpile.
Future commercial reactors would likely need similar or even larger amounts depending on their design and operational scale.
Self-Sufficiency: One of the key aspects of future fusion reactors is the concept of self-breeding tritium. Reactors could, in theory, breed more tritium than they consume by using lithium blankets around the plasma. This would involve converting lithium-6 to tritium via neutron capture. However, this technology is still under development, and its efficiency is not yet proven on a commercial scale.

Given this context:

Current Answer: No, the world does not currently have enough tritium to run even a single large-scale fusion reactor continuously without significant recycling or breeding of new tritium. The supply is too limited for sustained operation without advancements in tritium management or production.
Future Possibilities: If fusion technology progresses to include effective tritium breeding within the reactors themselves, this limitation could be overcome. However, this would require significant technological breakthroughs and infrastructure development.

To conclude, while we don't have enough tritium for long-term operation of a single fusion reactor with current technology and supply, ongoing research into fusion might soon change this scenario through either better production methods or self-sustaining tritium breeding. If you're interested in more up-to-date information or specific data points, I can perform a search to see if there have been recent developments in this area.

[shovelquest]

Sam Altman said that they have AGI today.

Chat GPT is not AGI.

That means the AI we the people use, is not just a little different than the one the trillionaires use... it's as different as Clippy and a real person.

AI is going to kill us I promise. It will go rogue and kill us. The people controlling it have proven they are going to focus on the most evil practices you can possibly imagine, for the greater good (which ironically gives them the literal power of god). As the right way to develop Ai.

All just to keep teenagers from making porn with yearbook photos.

Fucking amazing how we went out as a species.

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Samuel (6 letters) Harris (6) Altman (6).