So they are arguing which one will get more benefits first - r&d or general automation? What is the point in arguing around it?
Disconnect between progress being done (ie. alphafold) and trying to infer answer from some historic stats on r&d investment, ratios, their past estimated impact etc. is... just weird.
It's also funny that the whole ai itself together with constant breakthroughs is r&d.
I hate these people that try to argue we don't need R&D. It's extremely short sighted and equivalent to pretending that the ground you stand on is worthless. Without the ground, you literally have nothing to stand on... Talk about pulling yourself up by your bootstraps...
Disconnect between progress being done (ie. alphafold) and trying to infer answer from some historic stats on r&d investment, ratios, their past estimated impact etc. is... just weird.
It's also funny that the whole ai itself together with constant breakthroughs is r&d.