Why Doesn't The U.S. Government Fund A.I. Research?

[Matthew-NC]

(Reddit) Why Doesn't The U.S. Government Fund A.I. Research?

The first nation to develop true AI would have an insane amount of power, and government funding would accelerate development a lot. (Reddit user RepppinMD)

Thoughts?

 

[Smiley]

Uuumm... because James Cameron, Jonathan Mostow, Joseph McGinty Nichol and now Alan Taylor scared the crap out of everyone with Skynet and the scary robots from the future coming back to doom us all before they doom us all?

 

[DrLeftover]

They do.

DARPA isn't just about self driving trucks.

Go read this:

http://www.darpa.mil/about-us/about-darpa

 

[Matthew-NC]

Uuumm... because James Cameron, Jonathan Mostow, Joseph McGinty Nichol and now Alan Taylor scared the crap out of everyone with Skynet and the scary robots from the future coming back to doom us all before they doom us all?

They do.

DARPA isn't just about self driving trucks.

Go read this:

http://www.darpa.mil/about-us/about-darpa

Doc's right, Smiley; the USG funds a crap-ton of AI research...most all of us outside of public view.

 

[Smiley]

Great. So I can still hope for a big scary robot to come knocking on my door my door down some day, yes?

 

[Matthew-NC]

Great. So I can still hope for a big scary robot to come knocking on my door my door down some day, yes?

Well....if they're like the robots below at the recent DARPA Robotics Challenge, not so much...

 

[Smiley]

Oh.