Tag Archives: R&D

An economy needs government-financed investment, but DARPA is the way to do it?Project SyndicateEurope Needs a DARPA Dalia Marin | Chair of International Economics at the University of Munich and a research fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research.

US and Europe still science superpowers, but China is rising fast. Ars TechnicaThe global state of scienceJohn Timmer Also Asia TimesChina on track to overtake US in R&D spending

China coming on strong. It still has a way to go though.The Unz ReviewChinese Science Anatoly Karlin

Another side benefit of the entrepreneurial state military R&D.Asia TimesCIA has 137 projects going in artificial intelligence Asia UnhedgedSee Also "Artificial intelligence is the future, not only of Russia, but of all of mankind," Putin said. "Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world." After seeing Putin's comments, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that "competition for AI superiority at national level (is the) most likely cause of WW3."...

Chinese R&D investment has grown remarkably over the past two decades. It is now the second-largest performer in terms of R&D spending, on a country basis, and accounts for 20 percent of total world R&D expenditure, with the rate of R&D investment growth greatly exceeding that of the U.S. and the EU.… This steep improvement in S&T performance has been underpinned by significant strides in science and engineering education. China is now the world’s number one...