“Invest in smart people solving hard problems ‘that really have the potential to change the world.’”
Really? AFAIK, VCs are in it make monet with high risk, high returns. Given the sorts of companies many have invested in, their ideas of "changing the world" are not aligned with the pressing problems we have.
Having said that, AI could help solve some pressing problems. Google's Deep Mind has perhaps been best at that with its protein folding AI that has now populated the protein database with their work and made a difference in understanding their functions and how to manipulate them. There are other computationally heavy tasks that AIs have streamlined, such as orbital perturbations and powered escape orbits. There are many NP hard problems that might be provided with very good AI solutions, that would be of benefit. Of particular interest would be AIs that could design genetic manipulation of organisms to change metabolism. Improving carbon fixation would be a huge boon for food production. It should also be obvious that similar models would streamline new pharmacological treatments as Big Pharma continues to struggle towardsi ts inevitable dead end.
Flying cars weren't a particulalry good idea (and that includes taxi drones)., but Twitter/X was certainly not a good substitute for good ideas, and the monetizing model has resulted in its enshittification being accelerated by its apparently clueless current owner.
“Invest in smart people solving hard problems ‘that really have the potential to change the world.’”
Really? AFAIK, VCs are in it make monet with high risk, high returns. Given the sorts of companies many have invested in, their ideas of "changing the world" are not aligned with the pressing problems we have.
Having said that, AI could help solve some pressing problems. Google's Deep Mind has perhaps been best at that with its protein folding AI that has now populated the protein database with their work and made a difference in understanding their functions and how to manipulate them. There are other computationally heavy tasks that AIs have streamlined, such as orbital perturbations and powered escape orbits. There are many NP hard problems that might be provided with very good AI solutions, that would be of benefit. Of particular interest would be AIs that could design genetic manipulation of organisms to change metabolism. Improving carbon fixation would be a huge boon for food production. It should also be obvious that similar models would streamline new pharmacological treatments as Big Pharma continues to struggle towardsi ts inevitable dead end.
Flying cars weren't a particulalry good idea (and that includes taxi drones)., but Twitter/X was certainly not a good substitute for good ideas, and the monetizing model has resulted in its enshittification being accelerated by its apparently clueless current owner.