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President’s Budget Proposes Big Cuts to R&D, but Big Boost to AI/Quantum

February 11, 2020/In: Artificial Intelligence, Funding, FY21 Appropriations, Research /by Peter Harsha

The Administration’s deep cuts to research at the National Science Foundation (-6 percent vs. FY20), DOE Office of Science (-17 percent vs. FY20), NIST (-19 percent), and science programs at NASA (-11 percent) take much of the luster away from the President’s AI/Quantum announcements.

President’s Budget Request for Science in FY2020 – First Look (Ugh)

March 11, 2019/In: Artificial Intelligence, FY20 Appropriations /by Peter Harsha

President Trump released an overview of his FY 2020 Budget Request and it contains deep requested cuts to some key Federal science agencies.

Senate Committee Examines the “Dawn of Artificial Intelligence”

November 30, 2016/In: Artificial Intelligence, People, Policy /by Peter Harsha

Computer scientists from industry, government and academia today told a Senate panel that artificial intelligence (AI) has passed an inflection point — a confluence of the enormous increase in the availability of data, the ability of computers to perceive the world, and the ability to search over a wide range of possibilities — that promises to spawn new waves […]