Just a reminder that all nuclear accidents to date were from gen 1 reactors.
That is, if we're not using the U.S. Department of Energy's formal generational scheme, where gen 2 includes e.g. Chernobyl's reactor that exploded. So, what you mean is that every serious accident happened in older-era reactors built before modern designs with passive safety features.
It is possible that Aidan Toner-Rodgers's paper bore the hallmarks of AI-assisted writing. The polished structure, fluent transitions, and journal-ready formatting seemed unusually advanced for a first-year PhD student, especially given the speed with which the work was produced. Large language models are adept at generating academic-style prose, weaving bold claims into coherent narratives, and mimicking the authoritative tone expected in economics journals. If AI tools were used, they may have helped transform fabricated data into a text that appeared credible enough to attract citations from policymakers and coverage in major outlets.
Speculating further, the combination of fabricated data and AI-generated polish would create a particularly deceptive package. The fake numbers provided the illusion of groundbreaking findings, while AI-assisted writing could have smoothed over inconsistencies and amplified the sense of authority. This synergy might explain how the paper gained traction so quickly despite lacking real evidence. While no investigation has confirmed AI involvement, the possibility adds another dimension to the scandal: not only was the data fraudulent, but the very voice of the paper may have been artificially constructed to maximize its persuasive power.
Early 2017, I updated the GNU gradebook (Ggradebook), to version 0.92.
This was more than 16 years after the previous release.
Among other things, migrated from GTK+ 1.2 to GTK+ 3.18.
The software is available here, the ChangeLog here.
Unfortunately, there's just 0.91 at GNU's Savannah and FTP:
- While I did get access to Savannah, my multiple requests to become project member were ignored.
- Also, while at first GNU webmasters updated the official project page to at least link to 0.92 on my website (proof), this was reverted roughly September 2019. The reversion took place right after I had published a letter in support of Stallman.
So, now basically nobody knows there's a new version of the GNU gradebook.
Another project I updated after more than 17 years is my gtkgo.
"Lack of free time is causing the current Ggradebook Project maintainer to look for a new maintainer! If you think you're qualified, please send an e-mail to: Ggradebook@users.sourceforge.net. For a maintainer, motivation, enthusiasm and communicative skills are more important than programming skills..."
The Ggradebook websites can be found here:
http://ggradebook.sourceforge.net
http://www.gnu.org/software/ggradebook
With best regards,
Norbert de Jonge
http://norbertdejonge.sourceforge.net
I have a very small mind and must live with it. -- E. Dijkstra
