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throwaway849755··on Observation of zero resistance above 100 K in Pb₁₀₋ₓCuₓ(PO₄)₆O
A comment above says they are using https://www.qdusa.com/products/ppms.html with the DC 4-wire option.

All my instincts would prefer they were using the AC 4-wire option, given any reason to question results, and/or issues with contact effects, etc.

throwaway849755··on Incandescent light bulbs are officially banned in the U.S.
Fluorescent tubes FTW (also soon to be banned for this use):

https://www.bitchute.com/video/adBl9klR1E6g/

throwaway849755··on Experts starting to doubt AI ‘hallucinations’ will go away: ‘This isn’t fixable’
Perhaps with both 'hallucination' and 'confabulation' there are suggestions of both thought and absence of thought. The former suggestions are likely anthropomorphic. Suggesting some seamless lack of thought might not be?
throwaway849755··on Experts starting to doubt AI ‘hallucinations’ will go away: ‘This isn’t fixable’
Good link. And perhaps to be even less misleading above, LLM Confabulation. As another comment says, not fixable within the LLM.
throwaway849755··on Experts starting to doubt AI ‘hallucinations’ will go away: ‘This isn’t fixable’
From 2008 there was How to Build a Person by John Pollock. I don't recall whether he included some putative "explainer" disciplined by other components.
throwaway849755··on Experts starting to doubt AI ‘hallucinations’ will go away: ‘This isn’t fixable’
I believe a more accurate term would be AI confabulation.

When one confabulates, one shamelessly inserts words which sound smooth and grammatical and potentially acceptable to a listener (and the speaker), but shamelessly with no hesitation or corrections to achieve actual truth.

I suspect there needs to be some layering on of reflection and inhibition to avoid this.

throwaway849755··on LK-99: The live online race for a room-temperature superconductor
Is there any HN effect by which enough contrary early opinion here could increase the odds of eventual triumph?

On the chance that there is, I will do my part:

In mice.