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Did you know that there are already 18 NSF AI institutes? This is adding 7 more. There is also of-course privately sponsored research going on at Google, Facebo

Did you know that there are already 18 NSF AI institutes? This is adding 7 more. There is also of-course privately sponsored research going on at Google, Facebook, Open AI, etc., where most of the cutting-edge stuff is happening anwyway. This is not in exclusion to all other AI research. It's a new investment by the government into one particular area.

photonthug 3y ago
> This is not in exclusion to all other AI research well, even setting aside DHS, IBM is also listed as a funding partner. are you saying that after IBM gives cash to the NSF, then the NSF is fair and unbiased about publishing work that might hurt IBM and help their rivals? IBM is no doubt on this list because they want to buy influence and future government contracts before they miss the boat completely, whereas google/fb/openai feel they don't need to. i think we should follow the money, look for the conflicts of interest. it's not like you have to make research illegal to exclude players. you just gradually push them out of the loop, restrict their access to capital & research.