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Re:AI‘s Instagram Problem by satvikpendem on Thursday February 23, 2023 @05:41PM (#34917736)
Problem is that's not how academic funding works. Grants are generally not given to possible dead ends.
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Re:AI‘s Instagram Problem by ModernMech on Thursday February 23, 2023 @06:22PM (#34918249)
Research grants are typically given with the expectation the project may possibly be a dead end. Otherwise it wouldn’t be research.
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Re:AI‘s Instagram Problem by satvikpendem on Thursday February 23, 2023 @06:25PM (#34918287)
In theory, yes; in practice, no. Many grants these days are given based on the trend du jour.
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Re:AI‘s Instagram Problem by ModernMech on Thursday February 23, 2023 @07:00PM (#34918665)
Sure, but funding trends is different from funding things expected to work.
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Re:AI‘s Instagram Problem by quickthrower2 on Friday February 24, 2023 @02:24AM (#34921894)
Funding things you wont be fired for funding. IBMs!
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Re:AI‘s Instagram Problem by matwood on Thursday February 23, 2023 @07:03PM (#34918694)
I’ve seen a lot of grants end with “we learned something”. Is that a dead end? IDK.
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