| ▲ | WarmWash 7 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rumor is that boron existed, but was quickly superseded by carbon. Obviously they are going with alphabetical element names. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | jawns 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I can understand alphabetical ordering in some circumstances, but if the point is to indicate which model family is lighter or heavier, surely atomic numbers should be taken into account?!? Argon - 18 Boron - 5 Carbon - 6 I don't think I'll be able to cope with this level of elemental disorder. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | jlhawn 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
There aren't any _good_ elements that start with the letters D or E. Imagine if they name the next one "Dysprosium" where the Greek root translates to "hard to get at" or "difficult to access" reflecting how difficult it was for its discovers to isolate it in the late 19th century, but also sounds kind of untrustworthy to give an AI model such a name. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | treis 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This seems like an odd thing to do / a hell of a lot of people are going to learn Dysprosium is an element | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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