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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive
The fly in that particular ointment is that the great majority of scientific and engineering advancements made during the time we've been on this globe, but particularly in the last couple of centuries, have been made because of the needs of war. The airplane for example may have remained only an idle curiosity had World War 1 not come along. Same with most other technologies. Oh, a lot of the advancements have been adapted for peacetime use but it is good to remember how they got their start.
Why should AI be any different?
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Actually the space race was and is the impetus for most of the major advanced we've seen in the last 75 years