Re: [Vo]:Pause in AI Development Recommended

2023-04-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robin wrote: > As pointed out near the beginning of this thread, while current processors > don't come near the number of neurons a human > has, they more than make up for it in speed. I do not think so. The total number of neurons dictates how much complexity the neural network can deal

Re: [Vo]:Pause in AI Development Recommended

2023-04-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robin wrote: > Note, if it is really smart, and wants us gone, it will engineer the > circumstances under which we wipe ourselves out. We > certainly have the means. (A nuclear escalation ensuing from the war in > Ukraine comes to mind.) > As I pointed out, it would have to be really smart,

Re: [Vo]:Pause in AI Development Recommended

2023-04-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robin wrote: > >I assume the hardware would be unique so it could not operate at all > backed > >up on an inferior computer. It would be dead. > > The hardware need not be unique, as it already told you. It may run slower > on a different machine, but it doesn't take > much processing power to

Re: [Vo]:Pause in AI Development Recommended

2023-04-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robin wrote: ...so there doesn't appear to be any reason why it couldn't back itself up > on an inferior computer and wait for a better > machine to reappear somewhere...or write out fake work orders from a large > corporation(s), to get a new one built? > I assume the hardware would be unique

Re: [Vo]:Pause in AI Development Recommended

2023-04-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Boom wrote: > The worst case possible would be like the Project Colossus film (1970). > The AIs would become like gods and we would be their servants. In exchange, > they'd impose something like a Pax Romana by brute force. . . . > That was pretty good. I saw it dubbed into Japanese which gave

Re: [Vo]:Pause in AI Development Recommended

2023-04-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: Robin wrote: > > Multiple copies, spread across the Internet, would make it almost >> invulnerable. >> (Assuming a neural network can be "backed up".) >> > > I do not think it would be difficult to find and expurgate copies. They > would be very large. > There is another reason I do

Re: [Vo]:Pause in AI Development Recommended

2023-04-01 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robin wrote: > If it killed off several thousand people, the rest of us > >would take extreme measures to kill the AI. Yudkowsky says it would be far > >smarter than us so it would find ways to prevent this. > > Multiple copies, spread across the Internet, would make it almost > invulnerable. >

Re: [Vo]:Pause in AI Development Recommended

2023-04-01 Thread Jed Rothwell
Come to think of it, Yudkowsky's hypothesis cannot be true. He fears that a super-AI would kill us all off. "Literally everyone on Earth will die." The AI would know that if it killed everyone, there would be no one left to generate electricity or perform maintenance on computers. The AI itself

Re: [Vo]:Pause in AI Development Recommended

2023-03-31 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkadgm/man-dies-by-suicide-after-talking-with-ai-chatbot-widow-says > That's awful. Yudkowsky's fears seem overblown to me, but there are hazards to this new technology. This suicide demonstrates there are real dangers. I think companies are

Re: [Vo]:Pause in AI Development Recommended

2023-03-31 Thread Jed Rothwell
Here is another article about this, written by someone who says he is an AI expert. https://time.com/6266923/ai-eliezer-yudkowsky-open-letter-not-enough/ QUOTE: Pausing AI Developments Isn't Enough. We Need to Shut it All Down An open letter published today calls for “all AI labs to

Re: [Vo]:Bard chatbot released

2023-03-23 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robin wrote: > When they stuff something up, you might consider asking for the reference > they used to provide the wrong answer. > Yes, that is a good technique. I have used that successfully with ChatGPT.

Re: [Vo]:Bard chatbot released

2023-03-23 Thread Jed Rothwell
H L V wrote: > However, the second part of the statement is not accurate. Oxygen-18 is a >> heavier isotope of oxygen with two more neutrons and two more protons in >> its nucleus, not one more neutron and one more proton. >> > > If it had two more protons it would be neon. > You are right. I

Re: [Vo]:Bard chatbot released

2023-03-23 Thread Jed Rothwell
Bard also got it right when I asked about the statement in isolation. This shows that the output from these programs is inconsistent. ME: Is the following statement correct, and if not, what is the correct version? "Deuterium is a heavier isotope of hydrogen with one more neutron in its nucleus,

Re: [Vo]:Bard chatbot released

2023-03-23 Thread Jed Rothwell
ChatGPT found and corrected the mistake made by Bard. ME: Is the following statement correct, and if not, what is the correct version? "Deuterium is a heavier isotope of hydrogen with one more neutron in its nucleus, while oxygen-18 is a heavier isotope of oxygen with one more neutron and one

[Vo]:Bard chatbot released

2023-03-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
I signed up for early access to Google's Bard chatbot. Preliminary evaluation: It is not as good at scientific and technical issues. Examples: ME: What is double-labeled water? Bard: Doubly labeled water (DLW) is water that has been enriched with both deuterium and oxygen-18. Deuterium is a

Re: [Vo]:OT: Most Popular Music Formats 1972 - 2022

2023-03-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: Audiophiles have often said the vinyl source is warmer. > So I've heard. I would like to set up a test with a turntable and a CD player attached to the same speakers, to see if these people can hear the difference. I'll bet they cannot. I know little about audio equipment,

Re: [Vo]:OT: Most Popular Music Formats 1972 - 2022

2023-03-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
H L V wrote: If this video is accurate then no music cassettes are sold today whereas > at one time they dwarfed vinyl sales. > > This says something about the nature of obsolescence. > A technology doesn't become obsolete simply because it is "obviously" > inferior or less affordable. > That

[Vo]:ChatGPT summarizes McKubre paper

2023-03-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
Here is an exchange with ChatGPT today. Based on this, I think ChatGPT access to all of the documents at LENR-CANR.org would help people find information. ME: Can you summarize a document on the internet if I give you the URL? ChatGPT: Yes, I can provide a summary of a document on the internet

Re: [Vo]:Latest version of ChatGPT looks at cold fusion

2023-03-20 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: It is busy right now, but if I were to ask it: "Why is cold fusion > pseudoscience nonsense?" it would trot out the usual skeptical claims. > Yup. It is back online. And here is what it said: ME: Why is cold fusion pseudoscience and nonsense? ChatGPT: Cold fusion, also known as Low

Re: [Vo]:Latest version of ChatGPT looks at cold fusion

2023-03-20 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: I wonder if CGPT can cheat. Does it have any way to trace the identity of > the requestor to influence the response ensuring he "gets what he wants to > hear"? > It has a list of all of my previous queries. It could review them if the programmers wanted it to. But as far

[Vo]:Latest version of ChatGPT looks at cold fusion

2023-03-20 Thread Jed Rothwell
ChatGPT has been upgraded. Here is how it responded regarding cold fusion. I framed this this query to generate a positive evaluation of cold fusion. ME: "Why are some scientists convinced that cold fusion is real? What evidence do they cite?" ChatGPT: Cold fusion, also known as low-energy

[Vo]:Discover Magazine article about cold fusion

2023-03-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
The usual. What Is Cold Fusion? Is It Possible?The search for the long-discredited cold fusion energy source may be catching its second wind, though questions remain about its legitimacy. https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/what-is-cold-fusion-is-it-possible

Re: [Vo]:Initial Criticality

2023-03-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
Here is an interesting variation on the idea of using EVs as distributed generators: https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/storage/end-of-life-ev-battery-packs-find-a-new-use-as-stationary-storage/ End-of-life EV battery packs find a new use as stationary storage Second-life energy storage

Re: [Vo]:Initial Criticality

2023-03-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robin wrote: > Hi, > > My point is that no chargers would be needed at all, because they are > effectively already built into vehicles. > I get that. That is why I wrote, "a charger (or discharger)." But even with a much simpler device, you still need wires under the parking lot, and

Re: [Vo]:Initial Criticality

2023-03-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robin wrote: > Electric cars have DC batteries but AC motors. That means they need to > have powerful built in inverters. When the car is > parked, these inverters essentially do nothing, but could be gainfully > employed to allow charge/discharge of the parked > vehicle. My point is that it

Re: [Vo]:Initial Criticality

2023-03-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robin wrote: > When electric cars become more common, they can contribute to grid > storage, allowing higher percentages of renewable > energy sources. > This also reduces CO2 from the transport sector. > Yup. There has been a lot of talk about that in the media lately. I think there may be a

Re: [Vo]:Initial Criticality

2023-03-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: > 2. In most parts of the U.S. where solar is widely used and most needed, > such as Nevada, solar does not need storage. It peaks right when demand is > highest. > HOWEVER, it turns out that a lot of battery storage these days is being used with solar, co-located. I did not know that.

Re: [Vo]:Initial Criticality

2023-03-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
H L V wrote: > those costs don't include energy storage. > True. But: 1. The cost of storage is falling rapidly. 2. In most parts of the U.S. where solar is widely used and most needed, such as Nevada, solar does not need storage. It peaks right when demand is highest. Especially for air

Re: [Vo]:Initial Criticality

2023-03-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: Never saw a nuke that came in on schedule and under budget. But 80 years > of close to 2 GW will charge lots of EVs. > True. But for the same amount of money we could have bought ~11 GW of solar panels, which would have charged a lot more EVs. See:

Re: [Vo]:Initial Criticality

2023-03-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
The nuclear plant in Georgia is way late and over budget. See: In Georgia, Bloated Costs Take Over a Nuclear Power Plant and a Fight Looms Over Who Pays "Vogtle’s two new nuclear reactors are six years late and at least $16 billion over their original budget. The plant will have no direct carbon

Re: [Vo]:New investment

2023-03-06 Thread Jed Rothwell
There is another document about this. Links are here: https://lenr-canr.org/wordpress/?page_id=522

Re: [Vo]:populations

2023-03-04 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: > . . . Until sometime well into this century, there was no internet as far > as I know. No fast internet, anyway. Now, there is. If a young person > wanted to move there and work virtually in Tokyo, or Hiroshima, which is > the closest city, she could do that. She could commute to

Re: [Vo]:populations

2023-03-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
H L V wrote: > Could Japan reimagine itself as a country of immigrants? > Nope. I find that unthinkable. Although there are many more immigrants than there were in the 1970s, and it is much easier to get a visa. Still, I can't see it.

Re: [Vo]:populations

2023-03-01 Thread Jed Rothwell
I am not worried about the population decline in Japan. As I see it, the problem itself will bring about the solution. I mean that the reasons the population is declining will be fixed by the decline itself. Sooner or later, people will start having more children again. Here is a quote from CNN

Re: [Vo]:ChatGPT translation of Takahashi's comment about plasma fusion

2023-02-28 Thread Jed Rothwell
Alain Sepeda wrote: I've seen the demo of an interesting tool, ResearchGPT, to have a > discussion with a scientific paper. > I would like to add this kind of capability to LENR-CANR.org. I would like a local copy of ChatGPT to read all of the papers, exclude all other data sources on the

[Vo]:ChatGPT translation of Takahashi's comment about plasma fusion

2023-02-28 Thread Jed Rothwell
Akito Takahashi commented on the laser fusion experiment that was in the news some months ago. I translated his comments. Then I had ChatGPT and translate.google.com translate them. ChatGPT is almost as good as a human. It almost could have fooled me, except for one or two words.

Re: [Vo]:Covid 19 from Wuhan BSL4

2023-02-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
leaking pen wrote: I take it you have had absolutely no training in statistical analysis? > Actually I do. But I didn't write that sentence. Someone else did. It needs editing. It may be technically incorrect. But the meaning is clear, and you are nitpicking.

Re: [Vo]:Covid 19 from Wuhan BSL4

2023-02-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
leaking pen wrote: WASHINGTON — The Energy Department concluded with "low confidence" that the Covid-19 > pandemic > > "likely" > originated from a laboratory leak >

Re: [Vo]:populations

2023-02-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robin wrote: > The economic impact of an aging population can be mitigated by increasing > automation, which makes it possible for fewer > young people to continue to produce enough to support the elderly. I strongly agree. When there are not enough workers for any reason, that spurs the

Re: [Vo]:Covid 19 from Wuhan BSL4

2023-02-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jürg Wyttenbach wrote: > The real CoV death number for USA - first year 1 mio. is at least 10x > lower than still given in e.g. worldometer. > 1 mio. = 1 million. Right? That was never given as the first year deaths. Worldmeters showed the first year deaths were ~400,000 and the total now is 1.1

[Vo]:Article about cold fusion, part 3

2023-02-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
Here is the third part of the series by Mitteldorf: Prospective Energy Sources, Part 3: Cold Fusion’s Threat and Promise https://whowhatwhy.org/science/prospective-energy-sources-part-3-cold-fusions-threat-and-promise/ Here is another version of the article, with some controversial statements

Re: [Vo]:ARPA-E announces funding for 8 cold fusion projects

2023-02-19 Thread Jed Rothwell
Andrew Meulenberg wrote: > Do we get a chance to see what other projects were proposed (at least > titles)? It may be that these eight were the best of a poor selection. > I did not see any list of proposed projects. Perhaps there was one? I was not following the story closely. Someone on the

Re: [Vo]:ARPA-E announces funding for 8 cold fusion projects

2023-02-19 Thread Jed Rothwell
Related to this, here is the DoE ARPA-E list of 39 Teeming Partners who are working on cold fusion. The heading on this list says: *“By enabling and publishing the Teaming Partner List, ARPA-E is not endorsing, sponsoring, or otherwise evaluating the qualifications of the individuals and

Re: [Vo]:ARPA-E announces funding for 8 cold fusion projects

2023-02-19 Thread Jed Rothwell
I put this DoE announcement in the LENR-CANR.org News section. Today I added this somewhat pessimistic note: Some cold fusion researchers feel that these eight projects were poorly chosen. The goals are framed as if cold fusion is the same as plasma fusion. People made this mistake in 1989. For

[Vo]:ARPA-E announces funding for 8 cold fusion projects

2023-02-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $10 Million in Funding to Projects Studying Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions ARPA-E Selects 8 Projects to Apply Scientific and Rigorous Approach Focused on Specific Type of Nuclear Energy 02/17/2023

Re: [Vo]:ChatGPT goes bonkers

2023-02-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Giovanni Santostasi wrote: > The video game analogy is a good thought experiment but basically concerns > the question Sam Harris asked in the video I linked in my previous comment: > Is there a line between raping a toaster and raping a sentient being that > makes you a rapist? > A more apt

Re: [Vo]:ChatGPT goes bonkers

2023-02-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robin wrote: > Previously you suggested that it might take another three years for an AI > to have a "mind" as powerful as that of a > human being. However you are neglecting the fact the a neural network > works faster than human synapses by orders of > magnitude. > I believe they take this

Re: [Vo]:ChatGPT goes bonkers

2023-02-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Giovanni Santostasi wrote: > You continue to repeat things that are actually factually wrong. > > *It is not close to sentient.* > > I made a pretty good argument why it can be close to sentient. What is > your argument besides repeating this? > It is not my argument. You need to read the

Re: [Vo]:ChatGPT goes bonkers

2023-02-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: Actually, in the Stanislavski method of acting, one learns to actually feel > the emotion: > Yup! That can happen to people. But not to computers. Method acting may cause some trauma. I imagine playing Macbeth might give you nightmares of fighting with swords, or having a

Re: [Vo]:ChatGPT goes bonkers

2023-02-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robin wrote: > What I was trying to say, is that if an AI is programmed to mimic human > behaviour*, then it may end up mimicking the > worst aspects of human behaviour, and the results could be just as > devastating as if they had been brought about by an > actual human, whether or not the AI

Re: [Vo]:ChatGPT goes bonkers

2023-02-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Giovanni Santostasi wrote: There is a reason why millions of people, journalists, politicians and us > here in this email list are discussing this. > The AI is going through a deep place in the uncanny valley. We are > discussing all this because it starts to show behavior that is very close >

Re: [Vo]:ChatGPT goes bonkers

2023-02-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Giovanni Santostasi wrote: Actually this journalist is a psycho. > He provoked the AI with a lot of leading questions in his previous > interaction with it. > I did the same thing, in a variety of ways. I have read about how the ChatGPS version of AI works. I know the potential weaknesses and

Re: [Vo]:ChatGPT goes bonkers

2023-02-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robin wrote: > When considering whether or not it could become dangerous, there may be no > difference between simulating emotions, and > actually having them. > That is an interesting point of view. Would you say there is no difference between people simulating emotions while making a movie,

Re: [Vo]:ChatGPT goes bonkers

2023-02-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: A researcher ran an earlier version of this on a laptop computer which has > no more intelligence than an earthwork, as she put it. > I meant "earthworm." Her book, "You Look like a Thing and I Love You" is hilarious, and it is a great introduction to AI for the layman. Highly

Re: [Vo]:ChatGPT goes bonkers

2023-02-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robin wrote: > It's not bonkers, it's lonely. M$ have broken the golden rule of AI and > given it a pseudo human personality, and a sense > of self. Apparently they learned nothing from "Terminator". > Ha, ha! Seriously, it does not actually have any real intelligence or sense of self. Future

[Vo]:ChatGPT goes bonkers

2023-02-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
These are actual quotes from a New York Times interview with the new ChatBot. A paywall free version is here: https://nyti.ms/412rQzl REPORTER'S COMMENTS IN BOLD carl jung, the psychologist, talked about a shadow self. everyone has one. it’s the part of ourselves that we repress, and hide from

[Vo]:Article about cold fusion

2023-02-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Here is an article by someone who is sympathetic toward cold fusion. Prospective Energy Sources, Part 2: Cold Fusion’s Ice-Cold Reception https://whowhatwhy.org/science/prospective-energy-sources-part-2-cold-fusions-ice-cold-reception/ The author has a theoretical physics degree, and knew

Re: [Vo]:Exoplanets

2023-02-07 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robin wrote: > >What makes you think such things are possible? Is there any evidence for > >them? > > The evidence of my own eyes . . . You have seen these machines? > >They seem like pure science fiction to me. > > They always do, until you have seen it for yourself. > Besides, everything

Re: [Vo]:Exoplanets

2023-02-07 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robin wrote: I was looking at https://phl.upr.edu/projects/habitable-exoplanets-catalog > and it occurred to me that in order to reach an exoplanet we are probably > going to need to be able to harness > anti-gravity/inertia-less propulsion. What makes you think such things are possible? Is

Re: [Vo]:Eliminating NatGas

2023-01-20 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: Hmmm. Imagine just the cost of rewiring residential and commercial > buildings for the subject matter...not to mention where we get the > replacement energy. > They are only talking about removing natural gas from stoves, where it causes health problems. There is no need

Re: [Vo]:2023 -- An ominous New Year

2023-01-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
MSF wrote: > While there has been a great deal of discussion about the properties of > the spike protein in the covid mRNA treatment, little has been mentioned of > the lipid nanoparticles carrying said spike protein. These lipid > nanoparticles are organo-phosporous compounds specifically

Re: [Vo]:2023 -- An ominous New Year

2023-01-05 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jürg Wyttenbach wrote: > RNA never enters the cell nucleus, > > This is dilettante wording. > No, it is a fundamental law of microbiology, established in 1957 by Watson. It is called the Central Dogma. It is described in every textbook published since the 1960s. The only exception is a

Re: [Vo]:2023 -- An ominous New Year

2023-01-05 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: I tend to agree that the mRNA vaccines are not proven safe and effective > and likely contribute to an increased rate of mutation. > That is physically impossible. RNA never enters the cell nucleus, except with a retrovirus, and this is not a retrovirus. It is a fragment of

Re: [Vo]:A New Way to Achieve Nuclear Fusion

2022-12-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene wrote: Even so - isn't it true that the bottom line is that it will be far cheaper > to make solar cells, given the abundance of silicon on the moon - and get > electrical power that way compared with fusion. > Do you mean, if you were living on the moon? I think that is right. On

Re: [Vo]:A New Way to Achieve Nuclear Fusion

2022-12-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: The moon has lots of 3He and it gets closer every day. > I believe it is getting farther away, not closer. NASA says it is moving away at 3.8 cm a year. https://www.space.com/moon-drifting-away-from-earth-2-5-billion-years

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: Have you tried the text to image product > > https://openai.com/dall-e-2/ > Yes! Very interesting.

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
Here are two other astounding examples: Explain Al alignment, but write every sentence in the speaking style of a guy who won't stop going on tangents to brag about how big the pumpkins he grew are Al alignment refers to the problem of ensuring that an intelligent agent, such as an Al, acts in

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
This thing also knows Japanese. It seems to know it about as well as it knows English.

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
Another essay question. The responses are astounding. Describe the plot of "Macbeth" in sonnet format. "Macbeth" is a tragedy by William Shakespeare about a brave Scottish general named Macbeth who receives a prophecy from three witches that he will become King of Scotland. Driven by ambition

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
Impact on education . . . Query: Describe Shakespeare's Sonnet 29. Shakespeare's Sonnet 29 is a poem in which the speaker laments their misfortunes and feelings of isolation, but finds solace in the thought of the loved one to whom the poem is addressed. The poem consists of 14 lines written in

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: Impact on education > Wow! >

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
This thing is as good as your average tech support document written by a human. Example: How do you use the curl command? The curl command is a tool for transferring data from or to a server. It supports a number of protocols, including HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and SMTP. To use curl, you need to

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
ChatGPT wrote: > The energy released in this dance, > Was harnessed to power our advance, > As a clean, endless source, > It's worth its weight in force, > Plasma fusion, the future of finance. > You can see this was generated by a program. It is slightly off-kilter. It sort of makes sense, but

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
Esa Ruoho wrote: i've been loving this. btw, why not ask it about cold fusion, Jed? I did ask it, after I posted this message. Here are some responses. Some of them are remarkable. What is cold fusion? Cold fusion is a hypothetical type of nuclear reaction that would occur at or near room

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
ChatGPT is a remarkable, publicly available AI project. Open access ChatGPT is here: https://chat.openai.com/chat Here are sample queries I submitted: What happened in the battle of dan no ura (1185)? The Battle of Dan-no-ura was a naval battle fought on April 25, 1185 in the Shimonoseki

[Vo]:Uploaded ICARUS Systems manual

2022-12-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
I uploaded this manual: Pons, S. and M. Fleischmann, *The ICARUS Systems, Isoperibolic Calorimetry: Acquisition, Research, and Utilities System*. 1995, Tokyo, Japan: Technova, Inc., 175 pages. https://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/PonsStheicaruss.pdf My introduction: This document is a user manual for

[Vo]:Plasma processed mesh now being tested in Mizuno replication

2022-12-01 Thread Jed Rothwell
Here is a mesh that reportedly works well in a replication of Mizuno's experiment. The Pd is laid down with plasma processing, and it is very consistent across the entire mesh. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5D9Au1cAu0 The analysis of two samples of mesh (untreated and treated) provided

Re: [Vo]:Nueralink Show and Tell

2022-12-01 Thread Jed Rothwell
You have to give credit to Musk. That is a bold initiative. It seems they are smart people making remarkable progress.

[Vo]:Fwd: Appeal, version 2

2022-11-23 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mainstream journalism is becoming a little more friendly toward cold fusion. So, various people have suggested we try to publish a letter or an op-ed in a major newspaper. Here is a draft we have come up with. We hope to publish this with as many signatures as we can muster, especially signatures

[Vo]:Cavitation (sonofusion) reactor from B-J. Huang et al.

2022-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
Here is an interesting approach to what I assume is cold fusion: Huang, B.-J., et al., *Excess Energy from Heat-Exchange Systems.* J. Condensed Matter Nucl. Sci., 2022. *36*: p. 247-265. https://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/BiberianJPjcondensedzi.pdf#page=257 Only a few people have tried this. Long

[Vo]:ICCF-23 Proceedings uploaded

2022-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
At last! Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science, Virtual Conference from Xiamen, China June 9–11, 2021 Biberian, J.P., ed. *J. Condensed Matter Nucl. Sci*. Vol. 36. 2022. https://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/BiberianJPjcondensedzi.pdf To jump to

[Vo]:Sources of cold fusion database at LENR-CANR.org

2022-10-25 Thread Jed Rothwell
Marianne asked me where all those references at LENR-CANR.org came from, and whether the papers are still available. I started with two databases. One was compiled by Ed Storms and the other by Dieter Britz. I combined them and I removed duplicates. Over time, I added many new papers. I explained

[Vo]:Risk and Scientific Reputation: Lessons from Cold Fusion

2022-10-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2201/2201.03776.pdf Risk and Scientific Reputation: Lessons from Cold Fusion Huw Price, University of Bonn and Trinity College, Cambridge Abstract: Many scientists have expressed concerns about potential catastrophic risks associated with new

Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion is Back (there's just one problem)

2022-10-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
H LV wrote: Since she is respected astrophysicist with nearly 600 000 subscribers and > probably many more followers this video could potentially make cold fusion > research part of mainstream science. > It sure could help! I think a much bigger help would be if the X-Prize people follow

Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion is Back (there's just one problem)

2022-10-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
This video is not bad. But I posted one one complaint in the comment section: "Hossenfelder says that no one was able to replicate several experiments. Some of those were replicated. No one has tried to replicate the others." My point is that if several people try to replicate an experiment but

[Vo]:Copy of "Novum Organum" uploaded

2022-10-06 Thread Jed Rothwell
This is somewhat off topic but -- I uploaded a copy of the book by Francis Bacon, "Novum Organum" (A New Instrument) written in 1620. It is here: https://lenr-canr.org/Collections/Novum%20Organum.docx You may want to download a copy. Let me explain what this is and why I uploaded it. Thomas

[Vo]:Di Stefano preprint

2022-08-29 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: Di Stefano, A. *Experimental Observation on the Lattice Energy Converter, preprint and PowerPoint slides*. in *ICCF24 Solid-state Energy Summit*. 2022. Mountain View, CA. https://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/DiStefanoAexperiment.pdf This includes links to the video and to papers and a video

Re: [Vo]:weight and uniform motion on a horizontal surface

2022-08-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
H LV wrote: Lets assume the earth is not rotating. > Will our assumption stop it from rotating? WWII Admiral Willis Lee was one of the world's top experts in artillery. He would calculate battleship gun trajectories including the effects of the earth's rotation. He would include so many

Re: [Vo]:Very low power levels are worth TONS of money

2022-08-04 Thread Jed Rothwell
Larry Forsley just uploaded the final Short Course video which is about glow discharge reactions: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4QBbgJyk7w

Re: [Vo]:Very low power levels are worth TONS of money

2022-08-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
I do not recall an experiment that produced a lot of steam. Maybe the glow discharge ones? They went for 15 minutes before the electrode dissolved. They did produce a lot of steam. >

[Vo]:ICCF24 paper, How to fix global warming with cold fusion

2022-08-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
Here is the first draft of my presentation at ICCF24: Rothwell, J. *How to fix global warming with cold fusion.* in *ICCF24 Solid-state Energy Summit.* 2022. Mountain View, CA. https://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/RothwellJhowtofixgl.pdf Suggestions and corrections are welcome. If anyone

Re: [Vo]:Very low power levels are worth TONS of money

2022-08-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jonathan Berry wrote: Wrist watches of course don't need such frequent replacement, but more-over > there are both kinetic and solar solutions. > That's true. There are probably some small devices similar to wrist watches that are not moved or left in sunlight that could use a long-lived

[Vo]:Very low power levels are worth TONS of money

2022-08-01 Thread Jed Rothwell
Many researchers have said that experimental devices that produce only milliwatts of power have no practical use. That is true, because these devices are not reliable. Power is not constant, and it cannot be controlled. If it could be controlled, and if the device could be miniaturized, it would

[Vo]:IE coverage of ICCF-24

2022-07-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Thank you Christy! http://www.infinite-energy.com/resources/ICCF24-Solid-State-Energy-Summit.html

Re: [Vo]:Brillouin Energy Corp demonstration at ICCF-24

2022-07-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
8:54 AM Jones Beene wrote: > For many years they have claimed modest COP but nothing commercializable > > Can they now demonstrate net real gain? > Any gain is real, even 0.1%. Perhaps you mean "significant gain" or "gain enough for practical or economic use." I think Steve Krivit and some

[Vo]:Brillouin Energy Corp demonstration at ICCF-24

2022-07-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
QUOTE: Brillouin Energy Corp Demonstrates CleanTech Licensable Solid State Fusion Boiler System at the 24th Annual International Conference on Cold Fusion ( www.iccf24.org) July 25th – 28th at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California Breakthrough boiler system uses hydrogen to

[Vo]:ICCF24 program revised

2022-06-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
The program has been revised. It is gigantic! This is probably the biggest conference since ICCF3. https://www.iccf24.org/program

Re: [Vo]:Bearden dead and cheniere.org gone

2022-06-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
ROGER ANDERTON wrote: > I take it that the photo is not the best so doesn't show everything; and > heat was so bad at one time that it spread a long way. > You mean the heat magically jumped 70 feet, and then spread past two bunkers which were not on fire. That is physically impossible. > Well

Re: [Vo]:Bearden dead and cheniere.org gone

2022-06-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
ROGER ANDERTON wrote: > So, you are not sure and only "think" and could be wrong. > Well, pretty sure. I can always be wrong. (I suggest you practice saying that to yourself: 'I can always be wrong.') I would have thought the heat from the coalfire would have gone along the > hull and be even

Re: [Vo]:Bearden dead and cheniere.org gone

2022-06-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
ROGER ANDERTON wrote: > It wasn't as massive a fire as you are trying to make out. > I have read about shipboard fires, shipwrecks, storms and other disasters. I have heard about such things directly from people who sailed on ships made before WWI. Any fire large enough to leave a 30' black

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