I do think actually in this case the government does get credit for funding some of the basic research.
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Accepting money from the federal government to conduct research places academic inquiry in the service of national interests.
Congress has a responsibility to review research paid for by hard-working American taxpayers.
We are awash in content that needs to be taught, yet the vast majority of colleges give a large portion of their faculties' salaries to fund research.
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?
Research and development needs permanent tax credits to build the technology that spurs our growth. But no government programs alone can get America's students to study more science and math; parents must push and help their children to meet this goal.
There is no question that we are in a period in which we are going to have to use those sources to fund about 35 million dollars a year that used to be paid for by the federal government.
Note that I am not proposing that AI research be ignored or less funded.
I think top scientists need to be compensated at a different scale in society. Somebody with experience will tell you that true scientists are not motivated by money - they are motivated by the quest itself. That is true. But I think an additional recognition will not hurt.
A lot of the basic research that helped us figure out fracking came from the federal government.
It is false to suggest that medical breakthroughs come only through government research.