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> In January, New York state announced plans to build up its AI research bona fides through a $400 million public-private partnership dubbed “Empire AI.” How i
by schmidt_fifty 2y ago
> In January, New York state announced plans to build up its AI research bona fides through a $400 million public-private partnership dubbed “Empire AI.”
How is this not just straight graft?
- pclmulqdq 2y agoAre you new to New York? Everything the state does is graft.
- baseballdork 2y agoWhy would it be graft?
- schmidt_fifty 2y ago[dead]
- mkoubaa 2y agoNY State politics 101: Donate to politicians, get funded, repeat.
- sybercecurity 2y ago"Empire AI"? Now we're just putting "AI" after geographic labels now? Like how NYC tried to be "Silicon Alley" and Northern VA tried to be "Silicon Dominion". I guess next century we'll have people say "I grew up in one of the rundown AI Belt cities then moved here."