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CFACT Comments On Using AI To Understand Big Bodies Of Research

December 30, 2025 by

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By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ I recently had the honor to write CFACT comments in response to an Energy Department (DOE) request for information (RFI). The topic is “Transformational Artificial Intelligence Models” where the transformation in question is that of improving scientific and engineering research. DOE is one of the world’s biggest funders of physical and computer science […]

Former Nike Tech And AI Leader Examines Risks And Benefits Of AI Development

December 29, 2025 by

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By Joseph Vazquez ~ How do we navigate a world that is rapidly changing the way commerce is done through the explosion of artificial intelligence? MRC caught up with the former AI lead at global footwear company Nike to get some answers. Elaine Barsoom, former Global Head of Tech and AI Innovation Partnerships at Nike […]

To Permanently Unleash Our Federal Lands, Congress Must Reform The Antiquities Act

October 2, 2025 by

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By William Rampe ~ After four years of the Biden administration doing everything in its power to keep our natural resources in the ground, President Trump and Congressional Republicans have made a concerted effort to get the most out of our federal lands and waters.The One Big Beautiful Bill Act marked an important step in […]

AI Runs On Power, But Power Isn’t Moving Fast Enough

September 22, 2025 by

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From the team at CFACT ~ By Christian Bonilla ~ Artificial intelligence is booming — and America’s power grid is struggling to keep up.At the World Economic Forum, President Trump recently warned that “We need double the energy we currently have in the United States for AI to be as big as we want to […]

A.I. Could Vaporize Green Energy Hallucination

September 18, 2025 by

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By Larry Bell ~ Massive AI Center Requirements Could Bring a Harsh Reality to Green Energy Platitudes and Hallucinations  Don’t place your bets on a green energy cartel fighting climate change with subsidies for anemic and intermittent windmills and sunbeams, winning out over AI data center pragmatists willing to commit enormous expenditures essential for colossal expansion […]

Europe: AI Development Or Net Zero?

September 15, 2025 by

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By Steve Goreham ~ European nations announced plans to pursue artificial intelligence. National leaders announced AI spending goals totaling hundreds of billions of euros in efforts to catch up to the United States. But AI requires huge amounts of electrical power, conflicting with Europe’s commitment to achieve a net-zero power grid.Since ChatGPT released their AI chatbot in […]

AI Means Farewell To ‘Net-Zero’ Fantasy

August 17, 2025 by

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By Peter Murphy ~ Artificial intelligence is upon us, is here to stay, and is heading in one direction: more. More AI means more electric power generation — a lot more.“Green” or “renewable” energy is not going to cut it, no matter the fantasies of the climate-change doomsday crowd. That means the climate goals of […]

Electric Power Fantasies Collide Out West

August 12, 2025 by

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By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ Westerners are independent people. This independence is even reflected in the West’s electric power grid. There are two major American grids, called respectively the Eastern and Western Interconnections. The north-south dividing line is roughly just east of Colorado. Texas, which never got over being a separate country for nine years, has its own […]

NBC, Democrats Decry Made Up Word ‘Clanker’ As An Offensive Slur

August 6, 2025 by

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By Matthew Seck ~ On Tuesday morning, NBC News published an article about the new internet trend where people were calling A.I. and robotic technology “clankers.” Instead of just leaving it at that, NBC pushed a narrative that “aimed to suggest” the term “clankers” was an offensive slur for its negative connotations to technology. Going […]

AI Revolution Drives Huge Gas Plant Build-Out, Including Memphis Site

July 30, 2025 by

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By Steve Goreham ~ A boom in artificial intelligence (AI) investments now drives the United States electricity market. New data centers and upgrades to existing data centers are creating a vast demand for power. However, major AI firms are opting for natural gas plants to provide electrical power, rather than renewable energy.Since ChatGPT released their conversational AI […]

The Fusion Race Heats Up

July 18, 2025 by

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By Duggan Flanakin ~ Nobody is saying it, but the advent of artificial intelligence and machine learning may be springboarding the increased intensity of the competition for nuclear fusion — which many are now saying is far less than “30 years away.” The burning question among the few who are fully aware of the stakes in this […]

Without Energy Abundance, America Loses The AI Race

May 7, 2025 by

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By David Holt ~ America stands at a historic energy crossroads that is arguably as critical to our future global leadership as was the completion of the Transcontinental Railway or the interstate highway system. The decisions we make today about our energy future will determine whether we lead or follow in the global AI revolution and […]

AI Knows It Is Biased On Climate Change

November 5, 2024 by

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By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ Okay it is chatbots that know they are biased, not all of AI. But these days the headlines are all about “AI” and they really just mean these chatbots that emulate reading to an amazing degree, so I go with the flow. Nor do these chatters know anything as they are just computers […]

AI’s Key Role In Science Education – Grade Level Search

October 16, 2024 by

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By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ A fundamental change in K-12 science education has created a huge opportunity for large language models. Not today’s models but reasonable adaptations of them.Students now mostly do research investigations so they need to look a lot of stuff up, stuff they can understand. This is hard because today’s search engine cannot do grade […]