[mwidell]

Low background steel is no longer necessary.

"...began to fall in 1963, when the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was enacted, and by 2008 it had decreased to only 0.005 mSv/yr above natural levels. This has made special low-background steel no longer necessary for most radiation-sensitive uses, as new steel now has a low enough radioactive signature."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel

[juvoly]

Interesting. I guess that analogously, we might find that X years after some future AI content production ban, we could similarly start ignoring the low background token issue?

[actionfromafar]

We used a rather low number of atmospheric bombs, while we are carpet bombing the internet every day with AI marketing copy.

[piker]

What’s the half-life of a viral meme?

[doe88]

Can't wait, in fifty years we will have our data clean again.