A big expansion of the non-defence science budget, $8B/yr->$30B+/yr, with ML/genomics/disaster prevention being among the focus areas for the additional funding—interesting! Yet less than federal national defence spending ($60B/yr)., and much less than private R&D ($400B/yr). [1]
I guess groups that are already using defence research grants (maybe AI research) or private funding would be affected to a small-to-medium extent, whereas ones that are not (disaster prevention) could feel a big difference.
A big expansion of the non-defence science budget, $8B/yr->$30B+/yr, with ML/genomics/disaster prevention being among the focus areas for the additional funding—interesting! Yet less than federal national defence spending ($60B/yr)., and much less than private R&D ($400B/yr). [1]
I guess groups that are already using defence research grants (maybe AI research) or private funding would be affected to a small-to-medium extent, whereas ones that are not (disaster prevention) could feel a big difference.
1. See Fig 3 and Table 1 at https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R44307.pdf