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Founder & CEO of KYield. Pioneer in Artificial Intelligence, Data Physics and Knowledge Engineering.

Gift link for op-ed from the Editorial Board of the WSJ. We're in much agreement on this. From my perspective, more federal R&D should have been funneled towards safe and responsible AI all along, rather than reacting to winters and springs (consistency is key). Canada maintained a small investment through the last AI winter and it paid off nicely. It's one of the reasons they punch above their weight in AI today. We maintained our research efforts in KYield as well in a very lean manner, which is why I think we are still well ahead of the pack in our focus areas. But the idea that we need to suddenly invest $32 billion per year in non-mil AI is primarily buying votes in academic research across the country. Big Tech spends $220 billion a year in R&D. The primary problem is most of it is strategic to Big Tech, not customers or society. Monopolies want to force us to spend more GDP in their products -- they don't particularly care how, nor are they incentivized to care. However, as the piece suggests, spending has increased in all industries -- it's not at all just about Big Tech, despite the headlines. ~~~~~ If China is “going to invest $50 billion, and we’re going to invest in nothing, they’ll inevitably get ahead of us,” Mr. Schumer said Wednesday in unveiling a “roadmap” for AI policy with Republicans Mike Rounds and Todd Young and Democrat Martin Heinrich. Invest in nothing? Didn’t Washington pass massive climate, infrastructure and semi-conductor spending bills? "Mr. Schumer used the same justification in 2022 to pass the $280 billion Chips and Science Act, though China trailed the U.S. by years in semiconductors. Now President Biden is doling out money to chip makers at campaign stops, including $19.5 billion this spring for Intel at a chip plant in Arizona." "The Senate AI report calls for Congress to pass $32 billion a year in “emergency” spending for non-defense AI. What’s the emergency? Perhaps the November election."

Opinion | The AI Pork Barrel Arrives

Opinion | The AI Pork Barrel Arrives

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Gotta feed the piggies!

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