Comment by CaptWorld
11 hours ago
Regardless the profit margin as a talking point seems to be bad as AI as a tech might never be reversed whether anthropic failed or succeeded. Indeed it's imperative we subsidize AI companies and tech to make them explore more solutions to scientific problems which has a downstream effect on human flourishing.
Or we could invest in a ton of other non AI related research we're underinvesting in.
Like? I feel breakthroughs that can be found via AI might help us more in the long term where even previously non AI fields can be helped by AI. So you have specific non AI research in mind that we're underinvesting in? Because the USA is already spending crazy anyway for healthcare and I don't feel like funding is the issue but better incentives, reforms etc
Like funding education. Let's build up human intelligence instead, they seem to have made great breakthroughs in every single field!
The US doesn't pay too much to healthcare, they pay too much to health insurance. Too much for too little value
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Funding for basic research is being slashed by the current administration. Our society is underinvesting in basic scientific research. And, AI will not fill the gap.