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The current batch of government sponsored technology seems different to me. With radar and transistor technology they were doing something that was fundamental
by swatow 12y ago
The current batch of government sponsored technology seems different to me. With radar and transistor technology they were doing something that was fundamental (perhaps some hindsight bias here, but that's my opinion anyway). The new technologies are just putting together existing technologies. The fundamental research is things like the work on neural networks being done at Google, Baidu etc.
- fnordfnordfnord 12y agoFor all we know the NSA may have made some interesting advances in computing or mathematics, and the CIA have probably advanced optics and image processing by a few generations. Unfortunately for us, neither of them are sharing.