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This isn't going to happen by recruiting people to work for government labs. It'll happen by contracting the work out to companies that are already doing top AI
by jonas21 4y ago
This isn't going to happen by recruiting people to work for government labs. It'll happen by contracting the work out to companies that are already doing top AI research (many of which also work in adtech) and through grand challenges that incentivize research teams and startups to make new breakthroughs.
Google, for example, would have gladly accepted Project Maven contracts if its own employees hadn't protested. If China does supersede the U.S. militarily, that may end up looking naive in retrospect.
- Sebguer 4y agoAh, yes, the solution is to cede more of the country to corporations!
- phdelightful 4y agoPeople who feel strongly that current procurement strategies are the wrong way to go about things should devote as much toil and treasure as they can to seeing their preferred solution materialize. In the mean time, I hope they will allow others to work within our existing system to keep our adversaries from replacing the US with something much worse for the entire world.
- whimsicalism 4y agoWith government salary bands what they are, there is nothing they really can do.
- phdelightful 4y agoI basically agree. I don't think the political mechanisms exist in the short-to-intermediate term to get salaries in government labs high enough. As you point out, the extent to which "civilians" will be willing to participate in these lines of work is an open question (said without judgement, just as an observation). Presumably folks who have opted-in to work at defense contractors will be more willing, but do they have the ability to attract a sufficient amount of talent in this area?