Academic Institutions
topic on 3 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
the Neon Show 
Sourcery 
the a16z Podcast
3 statements about Academic Institutions, every show
Das: Academic institutions can no longer afford to fund frontier AI research
“Research is not happening in academic institutions anymore. They just don't have the money to fund frontier research.”
Lakhamraju: Politicians and real estate developers owned most Indian colleges in 2009
“This was a time when most academic institutions were you know, kind of owned and owned by people from real estate, political backgrounds, You know, manufacturing, and all of those kinds of things, and these are not people that were really focused on education,…”
Eghbal: Tech giants have replaced academia in funding major software breakthroughs
“You still need people to think about, like, why are we building it this way, or what does the actual system look like? And that role is actually kind of being filled lately by companies like Google or Facebook that have the resources to make big strides the wa…”