I still listen to Dancing Mad

Just the opposite.

I left reddit because they don’t censor nazis hard enough and will actually ban people for reporting hate speech, calling it an “abuse of the reporting system”.

Storing carbon as sodium formate has the same problem as storing it as trees - bacteria will eat it and release CO2. Its also not useful as portable fuel - its energy density is an order of magnitude less than kerosene.

Its potential use as a battery is interesting though. I can imagine a system where a long lasting catalyst is used to fill a tank of sodium formate using waste CO2 from industrial processes and excess electrical generation capacity from renewable sources like wind and solar, and the machines that use sodium formate to generate electricity at times of low wind and solar generation could potentially be less polluting overall compared to mining lithium for new batteries and recycling worn out lithium batteries.

a black hole

assuming a thing into existence isn’t a satisfying answer

where did your black hole come from? another black hole?

might as well just claim its turtles all the way down

AI does not learn and transform something like a human does.

But they do learn. How human-like that learning may be isn’t relevant. A parrot learns to talk differently than a human does too, but African greys can still hold a conversation. Likewise, when an AI learns how to make art by studying what others have made, they may not do it in exactly the same way a human does it, but the products of the process are their own creations just as much as the creations of humans artists that parrot other human artists styles and techniques.

Everyone should be assumed to be able to look at it, learn from it, and add your style to their artistic toolbox. That’s an intrinsic property of all art. When you put it on display, don’t be surprised or outraged when people or AIs look at it.

That’s not just an idea - its physical reality. You can’t get your physical needs met in old age if you didn’t win the lotto.

Yeah, that’s what I meant.

The Tesla brand has become distasteful due to the owners antics, and no other carmaker builds an EV that’s capable of long range travel due to a lack of quick charge capability and infrastructure.