I always find it funny that "engineers" straight out of school who barely know how to create a PR are expected to "ace" planet scale design questions. It's. Just. So. Dumb.

That is most definitely NOT under-reported. I read about this as a giant red flag every week.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/01/america-polym...

The are no consequences fighting with Democrats, however Republicans are petty and vindictive, and they now know how to weaponize all parts of the government. Also, having zero shame is a huge force multiplier.

Man, the IRONY hurts. I love Ars for what they do and their comment section.

The readers there are borderline militant about AI's more problematic uses. This could have gone only one way.

You can make that argument about every single thing that is wasteful but can be justified as "research".

Sure, every bit of f--ing around is research, but ROI is far from constant.