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> doesn't mean there aren't smart people in government. agreed and I was flippant to make a point. I did not mean to say there aren't smart people in governmen
by beardedetim 5y ago
> doesn't mean there aren't smart people in government.
agreed and I was flippant to make a point. I did not mean to say there aren't smart people in government. But I would venture to say that people who understand ML/AI are _not_ working in the government. Or put more correctly, the _odds_ of a person working in government being up to date on how LSTM works today is such a low number, that I would be fair to say it is extremely unlikely that anyone on any board would be smarter than Sen Hatch _in this domain_.
> then that's a rabbit hole that needs to have funding put towards digging up as well.
Agreed and is the larger point I was trying to make: we currently, no matter how smart you are, have _any_ way of knowing what your "algorithm" is doing. Or if you do, it's a rule-based system and isn't AI/ML. We should though! And I think pursuing that will give us much higher rate of return than our black-box strategy everyone seems to be using.
- chrischen 5y agoThe government can retain its own experts for opinions, just like how in court they can get expert testimony rather than relying on the judge or jury to know and decide all.
- wolverine876 5y agoMany government agencies use AI/ML heavily. It's possible that the US Dept of Defense spends more on AI than any other institution in the world.