Re: [FRIAM] So much for U.S. competitiveness

2025-02-10 Thread glen
There are many things that make me *want* to be an apologist for this administration. E.g. I had no idea about the Expropriation Act until our admin brought it to my attention: https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/83/da-takes-the-expropriation-act-to-court/ Another e.g.: It seems to

Re: [FRIAM] So much for U.S. competitiveness

2025-02-10 Thread Marcus Daniels
Glen writes: “[⛧] I mean ... I agree that the NIH, NSF, DOE, DOD, etc. do *very* important fundamental research. But Oh . My . God . the bureacratic grantsmanship involved is so byzantine/labrythian that if you don't have an *indirect* staff to whip out these grant applications in just the ri

[FRIAM] OpenAI and the fight between Elon and Sam

2025-02-10 Thread Pieter Steenekamp
Elon and Sam co-founded OpenAI (along with others) as a non-profit, aiming to make AI open-source for the good of humanity. Then things got messy. Elon walked away, saying he didn’t want a conflict of interest since Tesla was also diving into AI. Later, Sam flipped the script. He created a for-pr