While AI is an interesting technology in the world of photos, videos, search engines, advertising, etc. etc., and with a myriad of legal and ethical concerns, it is my belief that there is NO SUCH THING as Artificial Intelligence.

I have used AI to produce strange and weird images, and will likely continue to do so...because it's fun!

Before retirement, I was in the IT field for many decades, and back even in the 2000's, the term and delivery of AI was in its infancy. It was the belief then, as now, that AI is produced by humans, humans writing computer programs, and as such takes on the characteristics and leanings of its authors/developers. A computer cannot think, it is just a series of 0's and 1's, created by some human, with a myriad of IF-THEN-ELSE logic. A computer cannot have emotions. When an AI deliverer want his program to react in a certain way, he programs it that way...it is a reflection of the developer. Such it is with AI that has permeated the world today.

While the term and delivery of AI is here to stay, we should always remember that in using AI, we are catering to the whims of the developer(s). We should not assign "intelligence" to a machine that can have no intelligence.

You probably already know a lot about this, but the Smithsonian has a good video about the nuclear tests in Nevada in the 1950s. They did 100 above ground tests and a dozen below ground. It attracted huge crowds of tourists to witness this free entertainment. In ten days, they set off five bombs. It was interesting seeing all the work that went into these tests, like building an entire town to see what might survive. I'm not sure what streaming service I used last night, but it's worth a look.

https://www.google.com/search?q=smithsonian+video+nevada+nuclear+tests&oq=smithsonian+video+nevada+nuclear+tests&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIKCAEQABiABBiiBDIKCAIQABiABBiiBNIBCTEwMTAzajBqMagCALACAQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

That is not correct. The SIM card primarily holds the phone number and the ability to use it. It is possible to store a few contacts on the SIM card, but most (android) phones don't do that by default. Other data such as pictures could be stored on a SD card, but most android phones don't do that by default (and iPhones don't support internal SD cards).

Moving the SIM to the new phone "should" move the phone number and the ability to use it to the new phone. But, a few caveats: the new phone must be unlocked. Also (a little harder to explain), but for best results, the new phone must support the protocols and should be optimized for the frequencies used by the carrier in your country. Look on the description of the new phone to make sure that it is compatible with your cell phone company and country. If you get a phone that is optimized for a different region (like Asia), it will probably work where the cell coverage is strong, but may not work well where the cell coverage is weak.

Also, you have to make sure that your new phone has a SIM slot in the first place. Some newer phones (some versions of the Samsung S23+, for example) only support eSIM (electronic SIM: a soft copy of the SIM data), and don't even have a SIM slot.