It seems like a contributing factor is the size of the data needed for your typical stochastic parrot transformer training, like the energy needed by Manhattan for a week or so, right?
On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 12:24 PM Immortal Discoveries < [email protected]> wrote: > [image: untitled.PNG] > AI Hubs Are Few and Far Between > > A new study warns that the geographic concentration of AI in the United > States is making the industry too insular. > > What’s new: A report > <https://info.deeplearning.ai/e3t/Btc/LX+113/cJhC404/VWCwk443r-KsN90Sn_lmP8TKW5tZZwQ4yXXSGN58csPN3q3nJV1-WJV7CgNNRW2d7x1-5Wj185VmHPpX1RCSMXW8KchPv2CSbLyW4mjPmn2JYyqRW42BmZm2lNY9rW4rw3f35Vx8t_W3ZTcyg5rD25gVCZbCL8sdt36W8_WgpG8G77PWW8MqL8C7l9tjqW5ClRPH8j984BW1tpW04925xlcW8293Qz4whLL0W3DWXhW22v72PVP_-Dl8CLPcnVFqNQL8km0ZnW9j3Tr72lkj9lW68JYcp8-khs9W5Cg1HM8K6T_VW80XNt-9dCZjrW2LB7nV5Dh5FDW6mQhfr24BjrJN67dyhGfCRPjW1p2BjR3T_-r53p1f1> > by > the Brookings Institution documents the extent to which a few metropolitan > areas dominate AI in the U.S., risking group-think, geographic bias, and > other pitfalls. > > AI Hubs Actual and Potential: The report scores AI research and > commercialization in 384 regions based on an analysis of federal grants, > research papers, patent filings, job postings, and companies. > > - The San Francisco Bay Area, which comprises San Francisco, Silicon > Valley, and adjacent cities, is the undisputed AI capital in the U.S., > accounting for one quarter of all papers, patents, and companies. > - A dozen-plus other cities including Austin, New York, and Seattle > dominate the rest. Combined with the Bay Area, they make up two-thirds of > the national AI industry. > - Another 21 cities host universities with strong AI programs, thanks > largely to government funding. However, they lack commercial AI activity. > - The report also spotlights nearly 90 cities with high potential to > commercialize AI. These areas are buoyed by startups such as Salt Lake > City’s Recursion, a healthcare venture, and large, non-tech firms that are > making big investments in automation such as Target in Minneapolis. > > Behind the news: The Bay Area’s dominance in AI dates to the late 1950s, > when the nascent semiconductor industry spawned what became the modern tech > industry. Owing partly to this history, the region hosts a thriving > ecosystem of universities, businesses, and financiers that focus on > technological innovation. > > Why it matters: AI’s lopsided geographic concentration not only > undermines demographic and intellectual diversity, it “locks in a > winner-take-most dimension to this sector,” Mark Muro, the study’s > coauthor, told Wired > <https://info.deeplearning.ai/e3t/Btc/LX+113/cJhC404/VWCwk443r-KsN90Sn_lmP8TKW5tZZwQ4yXXSGN58csQ33q3n_V1-WJV7CgLXgW3yw3vl8dGjp_W8bt2vW7f5jFdW3ZfHn15BqNHwW6zJ7WG5rD5wDW72ttLL18f_gRW8vCK_R2JP6LqW8vk9xd6X73vNVljYQK6n4X0rW6HL9ck4_KWbhW8ST5CJ2z3SMsVN25r22Fqlg3W5GMXW095p5JkW2hZXLP6q12ksW3tWWWf1BQKTBW23pV5R6VsMV3W5-rn0p8D-XcSW7k6h5g6zk_7FW45MkdN8XDndpN5ZbrSsF48vnW7wj1TQ4vYz83W8lVNMg9bjdjGN6h9xZjVgdhkW5VgWJ72gKnj3Vp8PLM618ptGW8JnpVN7vbCh6W3Ml99J3ngBG23c3F1>. > This imbalance between risk and reward highlights a need for policy and > investment that promotes AI in other parts of the country, he said. > > *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/T516ed92f566a56f3-Mc09d00ce5d035de19864a625> > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T516ed92f566a56f3-Mae5282dad7e03f0ef0f20867 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
