I learned from normies years ago that there’s a ton of intelligence work in Silicon Valley. Steve Blank is a revered voice in the tech startup community who wrote extensively about this history.
Adding this to things I’ve learned in anon mode, I’ve formed the opinion that Silicon Valley is the mechanism for releasing technology created by DARPA and friends, according to a planned schedule. It’s mostly a marketing exercise. This seems obviously the case with AI, for the latest example.
AI is the latest example? AI turns 70 next year. It's literally OLDER than DARPA which was founded in 1958.
It's been part of computer science departments all around the world for decades. It's way way way beyond the scope of DARPA. And it's not exclusively American. Concepts dating back to Alan Turing and beyond are part of its history. Scientists from all over the world have contributed to it.
DARPA was part of a big speech recognition in the 1990s.
It was a billion dollar industry in the 1980s. Normal consumers just didn't hear about it. It's just been developed to the point where I have it on my phone. There were several recent breakthroughs since 2012.
I learned from normies years ago that there’s a ton of intelligence work in Silicon Valley. Steve Blank is a revered voice in the tech startup community who wrote extensively about this history.
Adding this to things I’ve learned in anon mode, I’ve formed the opinion that Silicon Valley is the mechanism for releasing technology created by DARPA and friends, according to a planned schedule. It’s mostly a marketing exercise. This seems obviously the case with AI, for the latest example.
AI is the latest example? AI turns 70 next year. It's literally OLDER than DARPA which was founded in 1958.
It's been part of computer science departments all around the world for decades. It's way way way beyond the scope of DARPA. And it's not exclusively American. Concepts dating back to Alan Turing and beyond are part of its history. Scientists from all over the world have contributed to it.
DARPA was part of a big speech recognition in the 1990s.
It was a billion dollar industry in the 1980s. Normal consumers just didn't hear about it. It's just been developed to the point where I have it on my phone. There were several recent breakthroughs since 2012.
Right, I was referring to the hype / marketing / productization part.