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My guess is the DoD/USGov is going to be opposed to any transfer of any ai/ml technology to China. I tend to think that most ai/ml news is hyped and highly spec

My guess is the DoD/USGov is going to be opposed to any transfer of any ai/ml technology to China. I tend to think that most ai/ml news is hyped and highly speculative, but if the leadership in the US is not sophisticated enough to understand the hype cycle, any ai technology that could be put in a military drone is going to be heavily regulated.

PaulHoule 8y ago
Understanding of the hype cycle or not, the trouble is that our government is looking less legitimate by the day because it does not recognize and respond to threats such as climate change and a shift away from democracy that's been funded by our own corporations. Yes, when you invest in China you are investing in communism. You might think you are getting a fast one because workers have no human rights, but try taking your money out and you will see what they think of property rights.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 8y ago
  >Understanding of the hype cycle or not, the trouble is that our government is looking less legitimate by the day because it does not recognize and respond to threats such as climate change The government doesn’t recognize and respond to climate change because the voters don’t recognize and respond to climate change. I would guess on a market cap weighted basis, most corporations are in favor of climate change legislation, there is not overwhelming popular support for it.
  - c256 8y ago
    This is not really what the data shows. In the U.S., for example, the large majority of voters recognize global climate change as serious and impending problem. Where voters “don’t respond to climate change” is when they are asked if they’re willing to make general, probably painful changes in the name of potentially mitigating the effects of climate change. That shouldn’t be a surprise, though, since they exhibit the same pattern every time they’re asked about their desire to experience specific immediate pain toward the goal of reducing long-term deleterious effects.
chillacy 8y ago
AI is such a new field and China invests so heavily that they may end up leapfrogging US researchers anyways if the US doesn't up its funding: https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/14/18265230/china-is-about-to-overtake-america-in-ai-research https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/14/18265230/china-is-about-t...
- A2017U1 8y ago
  The greatest trick the military ever pulled was convincing the populace that the "others" were about to overtake them. It's been going on for decades. Highly suggest looking at the stark difference in the two biggest military budgets on Earth.

PaulHoule 8y ago

Understanding of the hype cycle or not, the trouble is that our government is looking less legitimate by the day because it does not recognize and respond to threats such as climate change and a shift away from democracy that's been funded by our own corporations. Yes, when you invest in China you are investing in communism. You might think you are getting a fast one because workers have no human rights, but try taking your money out and you will see what they think of property rights.

RcouF1uZ4gsC 8y ago
>Understanding of the hype cycle or not, the trouble is that our government is looking less legitimate by the day because it does not recognize and respond to threats such as climate change The government doesn’t recognize and respond to climate change because the voters don’t recognize and respond to climate change. I would guess on a market cap weighted basis, most corporations are in favor of climate change legislation, there is not overwhelming popular support for it.
- c256 8y ago
  This is not really what the data shows. In the U.S., for example, the large majority of voters recognize global climate change as serious and impending problem. Where voters “don’t respond to climate change” is when they are asked if they’re willing to make general, probably painful changes in the name of potentially mitigating the effects of climate change. That shouldn’t be a surprise, though, since they exhibit the same pattern every time they’re asked about their desire to experience specific immediate pain toward the goal of reducing long-term deleterious effects.

chillacy 8y ago

AI is such a new field and China invests so heavily that they may end up leapfrogging US researchers anyways if the US doesn't up its funding: https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/14/18265230/china-is-about-to-overtake-america-in-ai-research https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/14/18265230/china-is-about-t...

A2017U1 8y ago
The greatest trick the military ever pulled was convincing the populace that the "others" were about to overtake them. It's been going on for decades. Highly suggest looking at the stark difference in the two biggest military budgets on Earth.