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Well, if technological advances is the only thing you care for, sure, then go ahead and get rid of stuff like pure maths. However, are you sure that these adva
by kleiba 6y ago
Well, if technological advances is the only thing you care for, sure, then go ahead and get rid of stuff like pure maths.
However, are you sure that these advances would not have been made if the US had a different system? Like I argued before, Europe has pretty much copied the system by now but I don't see much in terms of catching up. Take A.I., for instance: completely dominated by the U.S. and China. Europe?
Like in many things in life, copying someone else's successful model is by no means a guarantee that you're going to be successful too. Why? Because your circumstances are usually completely different from whatever you're copying.
- turbonaut 6y ago> Take A.I., for instance: completely dominated by the U.S. and China. Europe? DeepMind?
- kleiba 6y agoAlphabet is not a university.
- quonn 6y agoAlphabet bought it. But it‘s a direct result of university research with the same people. Just check the field of reinforcement learning.
- kleiba 6y agoTrue, but a singular example does not save the continent.
- disgruntledphd2 6y agoThe first place Facebook opened an AI research centre was Paris. They certainly didn't pick it for the food ;) I think if you look at where the researchers are, Europe does really well. As per usual though, this is poorly commercialised.
- thethought 6y agoIn France software companies classify software development as R&d which I think has major tax upside for US companies with RD in France.
- disgruntledphd2 6y agoLet's be clear. They set up the office in Paris because Yann LeCunn had really good colleagues and students there. This would seem to militate against a notion that Europe doesn't do AI. Now, Europe definitely doesn't commercialise AI well, but that's a different point.
- mbrodersen 6y agoDeepMind is European. ARM is European. The best chip manufacturing companies are in Taiwan. The best car makers are in Europe. The #1 shipping line (Maersk) is in Europe. The language we are speaking right now is European. The modern corporation, including shares, was invented in Europe. Alan Turing was European. Do I really need to go on?