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Yes. It is funded by the Swedish Central Bank. Would you trust a Nobel prize in computing funded by Google?
by neilwilson 8y ago
Yes. It is funded by the Swedish Central Bank.
Would you trust a Nobel prize in computing funded by Google?
- fwn 8y agoFunding rarely determines process or outcome. It's a common argument, but unworldly, given that there are huge amounts of largely autonomous institutions that rely on single donors, may it be public or private money.
- hoonose 8y agoYes. The closest thing to the Nobel Prize in computing is the Turing Award, which is indeed funded by Google.
- dsr_ 8y agoAlthough it is not Google who decides on who wins, and the Award would still be reputationally valuable if there were no money attached to it.
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- sdinsn 8y agoThe Turing Award? Yes. It is considered by Computer Scientists to be the premier award in the field.
- jonhendry18 8y ago"Would you trust a Nobel prize in computing funded by Google?" Would you trust a Nobel Peace Prize funded by an arms merchant?