Comments on: China Ascendant? http://humanityplus.org/2009/12/china-ascendant/ Technology & the Future Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:36:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Julian Morrison http://humanityplus.org/2009/12/china-ascendant/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Julian Morrison Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:54:12 +0000 http://www.humanityplus.org/read/?p=333#comment-65 Disagreed about AI. The best medium term approach is to fund neuroscience and narrow AI. Narrow AI's focus on the intricacies of "how to" works well with neuroscience's focus on "how does". The result is improved reverse engineering, since scientists can relate embodied algorithms to their counterparts in the AI literature, and AI can copy what works in biology. Disagreed about AI. The best medium term approach is to fund neuroscience and narrow AI. Narrow AI’s focus on the intricacies of “how to” works well with neuroscience’s focus on “how does”. The result is improved reverse engineering, since scientists can relate embodied algorithms to their counterparts in the AI literature, and AI can copy what works in biology.

]]> By: dan miller http://humanityplus.org/2009/12/china-ascendant/comment-page-1/#comment-64 dan miller Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:24:03 +0000 http://www.humanityplus.org/read/?p=333#comment-64 One possible direction for the US would be to rethink corporate culture. I think Google is doing some good work in this area, but for this to be a general trend, the incentives and risk/reward scenarios of investors and management would need to be realigned. Both the recent financial crisis, and the lower but steadier implosion of the health care industry (from the POV of the public) show the weakness of relying purely on market forces to supply services society depends on. Long-term R&D is a similar, if somewhat less keenly felt area. One possible direction for the US would be to rethink corporate culture. I think Google is doing some good work in this area, but for this to be a general trend, the incentives and risk/reward scenarios of investors and management would need to be realigned.

Both the recent financial crisis, and the lower but steadier implosion of the health care industry (from the POV of the public) show the weakness of relying purely on market forces to supply services society depends on. Long-term R&D is a similar, if somewhat less keenly felt area.

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