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But Springer Nature, which publishes thousands of scientific journals, says it has no problem with AI being used to help write research — as long as its use is properly disclosed:
Springer Nature, the world's largest academic publisher, has clarified its policies on the use of AI writing tools in scientific papers. The company announced this week that software like ChatGPT can't be credited as an author in papers published in its thousands of journals. However, Springer says it has no problem with scientists using AI to help write or generate ideas for research, as long as this contribution is properly disclosed by the authors.
"We felt compelled to clarify our position: for our authors, for our editors, and for ourselves," Magdalena Skipper, editor-in-chief of Springer Nature's flagship publication, Nature, tells The Verge. "This new generation of LLM tools — including ChatGPT — has really exploded into the community, which is rightly excited and playing with them, but [also] using them in ways that go beyond how they can genuinely be used at present."
[...] Skipper says that banning AI tools in scientific work would be ineffective. "I think we can safely say that outright bans of anything don't work," she says. Instead, she says, the scientific community — including researchers, publishers, and conference organizers — needs to come together to work out new norms for disclosure and guardrails for safety.
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(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Friday February 03 2023, @05:42PM
Completion remains an exercise left to the humans:
Creating a practical, stable exothermic nuclear fusion reaction for electricity generation is a challenging scientific and engineering task that is currently an active area of research. No viable commercial solution exists yet.
The basic idea is to contain a plasma of fusion fuels (usually hydrogen isotopes such as deuterium and tritium) at high temperature and pressure so that the fusion reactions can occur. The most widely studied fusion reaction is deuterium-tritium fusion, which releases a large amount of energy in the form of high-speed neutrons. These neutrons can then be captured to produce heat, which can be converted into electricity using a steam turbine.
To achieve fusion conditions, the plasma must be heated to tens of millions of degrees and maintained in a confined state for a sufficient length of time to allow a significant number of fusion reactions to occur. This is typically done using magnetic confinement, where magnetic fields are used to contain the plasma and prevent it from touching the walls of the containment vessel. One example of a magnetic confinement device is a tokamak, which uses magnetic fields to confine the plasma in a toroidal shape.
While significant progress has been made in magnetic confinement fusion, many technical challenges remain, including maintaining a high plasma pressure and temperature for a sufficient length of time, developing materials that can withstand the harsh conditions of the plasma environment, and improving the overall efficiency of the energy conversion process.
In summary, creating a practical, stable exothermic nuclear fusion reaction for electricity generation is a complex and ongoing research effort that requires significant scientific and engineering innovations.
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