The chief of Google’s AI business said that over time the company will spend more than $100 billion developing artificial intelligence technology — another sign of the investing arms race that has gripped Silicon Valley.

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    9 months ago

    Imagine having such a mind-boggling, unfathomable amount of money to waste, and using it to exploit work instead of making sure people aren’t starving or one foot in homelessness.

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      9 months ago

      Perhaps we can spend $100bln on AI and then ask that AI to solve it?

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        9 months ago

        …We have all the answers, resources, and manpower. That’s crazy-obvious. The problem is we aren’t implementing them because that’s spending money on people who won’t get people (or at least, the individuals) a profit in return. AI can tell you stuff all you want, but if you’re too greedy to implement it, then, well…