Meta's Yann LeCun warns of a potential brain drain from the US as the Trump administration pushes for significant cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding. This situation has raised alarms within the scientific community, as researchers seek alternative opportunities. LeCun emphasizes that European institutions could benefit from this exodus by offering better conditions for research. Additionally, concerns arise over detrimental policies affecting scientific terminology due to fears of AI-based oversight in grant applications. The commentary reflects widespread discontent regarding the current direction of US public research funding.
The US seems set on destroying its public research funding system. Many US-based scientists are looking for a Plan B.
A sane government would never do this.
At least one university is telling its researchers to refrain from terms like "biodiversity" to steer clear of detection by AI-based grant review systems.
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