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White House To Host Tech Giants For AI Meeting (axios.com)

Posted by msmash on from the next-on-the-agenda dept.

The White House will hold a meeting Thursday with major tech corporations to discuss artificial intelligence, according to media reports. Axios: America finds itself in a race with other countries, most notably China, to advance AI technologies. What they're saying: "In order to maintain America's leadership on AI, the administration should continue to invest in research and development, and advance programs that equip the workforce with skills of the future," said Dean Garfield, the president of the Information Technology Industry Council, in a statement. The guest list includes companies like Facebook, Amazon, Google and Nvidia, per the Washington Post, which first reported the meeting.

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  1. First things first by Tablizer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Getting natural intelligence there should be a higher priority.

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    1. Re:First things first by SuperKendall · · Score: 2, Insightful

      We did that back in 2016; Trump is more "naturally" intelligent by a mile than Obama ever was.

      Trump may be less *technically educated* than the average technologist, but there is no questions since Trump has actually had to deal with many real world technical issues in building development that he's also much more educated than Obama, just less credentialed.

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  2. Modern Day Terminator by SuperKendall · · Score: 3, Funny

    ....
    The Terminator: Yes. It launches its missiles against the targets in Russia.

    John Connor: Why attack Russia? Aren't they our friends now?

    The Terminator: Because Skynet absorbed all of the Huffington Post when it became self aware, and is obsessed with Russian hackers and interference.

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  3. Re:It will take a lot more than AI to help Trump by Tablizer · · Score: 2

    If they make it auto-build walls, coal powered, and filter out CNN, he's sold.

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  4. Re:Only this administration by q_e_t · · Score: 2

    I am guessing you haven't noticed the number of AI research papers they publish. I do wish Google would fix Tensorflow's build system, though.