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"At times" grossly understates the role of DARPA and other government support in creating technologies commercialized by Silicon Valley. The entire industry was
by abalone 10y ago
"At times" grossly understates the role of DARPA and other government support in creating technologies commercialized by Silicon Valley. The entire industry was a direct product of public investment and most key innovations are a culmination of long-term sustained taxpayer-funded research.
Take for example autonomous driving. It's a product of DARPA. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_Grand_Challenge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_Grand_Challenge
Even Siri on your iPhone is a result of decades of public investment in AI. See https://www.sri.com/work/timeline-innovation/timeline.php?timeline=computing-digital#!&innovation=siri https://www.sri.com/work/timeline-innovation/timeline.php?ti...
Need I even mention the Internet itself..
- deelowe 10y agoAnd there are drones killing civilians in the middle east. Though we benefit greatly in the private sector from this relationship, some of us consider the harm it creates much greater. I had a very interesting talk with Vint Cerf about this a while back btw. It's a sad situation to be in.
- abalone 10y agoDoes he have any public comments on the matter? Would appreciate the link.
- deelowe 10y agoI'm not sure. We had a good conversation of the good and bad of working with groups like the DOD. He's happy to be with Google and recognizes the benefit of working with the DOD, but not exactly pro military.