The tech-broification of American science has officially begun
中文摘要
特朗普政府投入50亿美元支持AI驱动的科学项目,效仿曼哈顿计划,推动美国科学技术化转型。
English Summary
Trump's "Genesis Mission" allocates $5 billion to AI-driven science projects, aiming for a Manhattan Project-scale transformation of American science.
Trump’s science adviser Michael Kratsios has no science background. | Image: Getty / The Verge The Trump administration unveiled the first "Genesis Mission" grants on Thursday, directing $5 billion toward hundreds of AI-driven science projects in an effort the White House has described as "comparable in urgency and ambition to the Manhattan Project." At roughly the same time, Trump's science adviser Michael Kratsios was on Capitol Hill selling lawmakers on an equally grandiose promise: "A New Golden Age" of American science, one that would prioritize artificial intelligence, robotics, and nuclear energy and downplay life sciences. Taken together, the two announcements offer the clearest picture yet of how Donald Trump wants to remak … Read the full story at The Verge.