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They're spending less than a billion. Google/Alphabet is surely spending more than that.
by oldstrangers 11y ago
They're spending less than a billion. Google/Alphabet is surely spending more than that.
- oldstrangers 11y agoReally things might get scary when the DOD decides to direct some of its monstrous military budget at AI (which I'm sure its already doing).
- cybertronic 11y agoI really think an AI race between states will be inevitable
- maxerickson 11y agoDARPA provided much of the early funding for autonomous vehicle research. The "Grand Challenge"s and all that.
- slashcom 11y agoJust left a DARPA grant for an AI project. They've been one of the biggest AI funders for some time.
- DocSavage 11y agoIn addition to DARPA there's IARPA, which has the MICrONS project: http://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/research-programs/microns http://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/research-programs/microns
- unclebucknasty 11y agoWhy would you think that they are not already doing so?
- sciurus 11y agoThey've been doing that off and on for half a century. You may be interested in the history in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_winter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_winter
- visarga 11y agoMaybe they're going to have lots of AI schools and competitions like they do with Go schools.
- jonknee 11y agoThey paid more than $500 just to acquire revenue free Deep Mind, so it's safe to say that yes Google is spending more than a billion on AI/ML.