There certainly is such a project in China -- one with 21 times the buying power of the WW2 Manhattan Project.
China has committed 150 billion dollars between now and 2025, by which time the Chinese hope to dominate artificial intelligence. In current dollars that's 7 times the amount of money spent on the Manhattan Project during World War II. Since costs in China are generally one third or less, in terms of buying power than U.S. government investments, that actually is equivalent to 21 times the U.S. investment in the Manhattan Project. On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 4:15 PM A.T. Murray <[email protected]> wrote: > We OpenAGI enthusiasts have been speculating for years that there ought to > be an AI Manhattan Project similar in scope and nature to the > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project of World War Two. Now > there actually seems to be one; see discussion at the > http://old.reddit.com/r/JAIC subreddit for the Joint Artificial > Intelligence Center of the U.S. Department of Defense. The new Dod AI > installation has the following goals: > > * Accelerate the delivery and adoption of AI > > * Establish a common foundation for scaling AI's impact across DOD > > * Enable decentralized development and experimentation > > * Evolve partnerships with industry, academia, allies and partners > > * Cultivate a leading AI workforce > > * Lead in military AI ethics and safety > > Career opportunities exist for: > > Acquisition Planner > Architect > Cognitive Engineer > Configuration Manager > Computer Engineer > Computer Scientist > Cyber Analyst > Cyber Defense (CSSP) > Cyber Program Protect > Facilities Planner > Foreign Partnerships > Human Resource Specialist > Integration Manager > IT Service Manager > Network Engineer > Operations Research Analyst > Pen Tester > Planning Specialist > Program Analyst > Project Manager > Resource Analyst > Risk Analysis > Security Architect > Security Control Assessor > Software Developer > Systems Engineer > Technical Advisor > Technical Standards > > http://ai.neocities.org/JAIC.html -- Joint Artificial Intelligence Center > > *Artificial General Intelligence List <https://agi.topicbox.com/latest>* > / AGI / see discussions <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi> + > participants <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/members> + delivery > options <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription> Permalink > <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T5d8ae683fbeec90f-Mcc793f62f087c21d3925db76> > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T5d8ae683fbeec90f-M00f5d7817bfd7afc5e9dd622 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
