推文讽刺AI领域常见的“我们落后了,快给钱”叙事,类比冷战时期美苏以“导弹差距”为由持续增加军费。引用@HenryYin19观点:中国研究者称在中国争取大额科研经费的诀窍是“美国遥遥领先,不加大投入中国永远追不上”;而在美国,诀窍则是“中国已经领先,我们正在落后”。这种双向的“威胁叙事”能确保资金持续流入,但能否真正推动科学发展则是另一回事。
"We're falling behind, give us money or else" is the same One Weird Trick BOTH militaries used during the Cold War to keep the budgets ever-increasing
Then: we can't allow a missile gap!
Now: we can't allow a shoggoth gap!