Microblog Memes

The ice bucket challenge paid off in real medical breakthroughs within 2 years by raising 115 million. Komen had a HUGE impact on breast cancer research that lead to real medical improvements that saved lives.

If we dumped AI money broadly into almost any field of research we'd see more people shift toward that field to get funding. We'd see struggling projects get the funding they need to continue. We'd see stuff that wasn't pursued because it's a long shot get the funding it needs. Better staffed and equipped labs where work is already being done.

You'd see an explosion in progress over the coming years.

I have this thought often, what if instead of football and baseball we got around to watch a team if engineers do cool science shit for the season.

Jet pack cyber dogs can play capture the flag, recreation of midway w drones replacing fighter planes, pizza deliver drones that fly so high entry warms your pie.

Just saying paying men to move ball ain't for me....so I wanna see your money and support go to something I think cool.

Or put it in a tube and fling it into space... ...oh wait.

AI is being used in the field of medicine to save people's lives, reduce costs and improve outcomes.

If you're not aware of those things it's because you're too lazy or stupid to look them up.

Aid in medical imaging diagnostics (e.g., detecting anomalies in radiology scans) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10487271/

Administrative and documentation (auto paperwork to allow more visitation time between patient and doctor) https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)01668-9/fulltext

Population health/predictive analysis https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2024.1522554/full

I'll take some of that blacksmith funding. My plan is to take two laminated Damascus swords and then forge weld them together so you get twice the sword for your money.

More money does not always work to accelerate science. It does make scientists lives nicer though.

Or like enamel growth on teeth experts.

Or tinnitus research.

Or migraine research.

Or longevity research.

Or any other research actually.

How about just universal healthcare, housing, and education?

They might end up shooting the dolphin up with acid and jerking it off until it commits suicide.

Or feeding the poor

Maybe they should have spent the money on fusion research first. They could have had nearly free power, and make a fortune selling off the rest, all while saving the climate.

I support actually doing this.

As in literally taking the money straight out of the billionaire funding pockets. But not in parity with the amounts used for AI funding, I just mean all of it. And not simply "all of it", but actually all of it, to the point where they're in soup kitchen lines and panhandling, hoping to get enough to pay for dinner.

Take all that money and put it in science research, charities, etc.

If they can't get enough from the charities back to keep breathing, then oh well. Sorry people that deserve it got it instead, oh well, we'll make a note that we're all doing great on the money that was yours.