South Korea announces $860M AI fund after AlphaGo 'shock'
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Re: South Korea announces $860M AI fund after AlphaGo 'shock'
#2Oh My,
The last time south korea's govt wanted to fuk some shit up. they destroyed the British shipping industry and took over the global electronics industry.
Silicon Valley's VC money is nothing compared to what a nation state can achieve.
Re: South Korea announces $860M AI fund after AlphaGo 'shock'
#3Oh My, The last time south korea's govt wanted to fuk some shit up. they destroyed the British shipping industry and took over the global electronics industry. Silicon Valley's VC money is nothing compared to what a nation state can achieve.
They're spending less than a billion. Google/Alphabet is surely spending more than that.
Re: South Korea announces $860M AI fund after AlphaGo 'shock'
#4Oh My, The last time south korea's govt wanted to fuk some shit up. they destroyed the British shipping industry and took over the global electronics industry. Silicon Valley's VC money is nothing compared to what a nation state can achieve.
They're spending less than a billion. Google/Alphabet is surely spending more than that.
Really things might get scary when the DOD decides to direct some of its monstrous military budget at AI (which I'm sure its already doing).
Re: South Korea announces $860M AI fund after AlphaGo 'shock'
#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
They're spending less than a billion. Google/Alphabet is surely spending more than that.
Really things might get scary when the DOD decides to direct some of its monstrous military budget at AI (which I'm sure its already doing).
I really think an AI race between states will be inevitable
Re: South Korea announces $860M AI fund after AlphaGo 'shock'
#6Posted this yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11309814
Re: South Korea announces $860M AI fund after AlphaGo 'shock'
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
They're spending less than a billion. Google/Alphabet is surely spending more than that.
Really things might get scary when the DOD decides to direct some of its monstrous military budget at AI (which I'm sure its already doing).
DARPA provided much of the early funding for autonomous vehicle research.
The "Grand Challenge"s and all that.
Re: South Korea announces $860M AI fund after AlphaGo 'shock'
#8EDIT: I've chosen to delete this comment. I disagree with the reply it received, and it also received numerous downvotes.
Re: South Korea announces $860M AI fund after AlphaGo 'shock'
#9Oh My, The last time south korea's govt wanted to fuk some shit up. they destroyed the British shipping industry and took over the global electronics industry. Silicon Valley's VC money is nothing compared to what a nation state can achieve.
They're spending less than a billion. Google/Alphabet is surely spending more than that.
Maybe they're going to have lots of AI schools and competitions like they do with Go schools.
Re: South Korea announces $860M AI fund after AlphaGo 'shock'
#10Totally should be a productive use of money since this is a problem that can totally be solved with money. /s