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Levels is engagement farming. Instead of uncritically reposting him you could've gone ahead and read what the cluster is for: https://x.com/dmitriid/status/1982927767286231403

Cluster: for public benefit, cutting edge research in biotech, medical, robotics.

Levels: I want to create AI photos of people for my AI Slop startup

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> Cluster: for public benefit, cutting edge research in biotech, medical, robotics.

That's not what the quoted paragraph says and you can read the whole release if you want: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_...

I literally quoted the paragraph from this link in the tweet I provided: Edit: lol, I didn't, I quoted it from a policy document, not from press release. However, my point stands:

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Apply AI Strategy

The Apply AI Strategy aims to harness AI's transformative potential by driving adoption of AI across strategic and public sectors including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, energy, mobility, manufacturing, construction, agri-food, defence, communications and culture. It will also support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with their specific needs and help Industries integrate AI into their operations.

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I also quoted a paragraph from a document I will find when I'm not on mobile.

Levels literally wants to train AI Slop: https://x.com/levelsio/status/1981499900266193028

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Train a foundational model for AI photos of people

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Seems like your quote was very misleading to me, so no your point doesn't stand.

> Seems like your quote was very misleading to me, so no your point doesn't stand

My quote: Cluster: for public benefit, cutting edge research in biotech, medical, robotics.

Literal quote from your link: The Apply AI Strategy aims to harness AI's transformative potential by driving adoption of AI across strategic and public sectors including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, energy, mobility, manufacturing, construction, agri-food, defence, communications and culture.

You: your quote was misleading.

I'm sorry, I don't have the time or the patience with willfully ignorant and blind people getting their interpretations from AI slop engagement farmers.

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Yeah you just demonstrated how it was misleading - by omitting half the categories, especially communications and culture.

> I'm sorry, I don't have the time or the patience with willfully ignorant and blind people getting their interpretations from AI slop engagement farmers.

Riiight.

Unfortunately the AI Slop is probably the most effective way to fund AI research right now

But the point here isn't to fund AI research, it is to use AI to benefit concrete fields.

By funding AI slop, you're funding AI slop, not AI research, or, quote, "drive adoption of AI across strategic and public sectors including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, energy, mobility, manufacturing, construction, agri-food, defence, communications and culture"

False, research works on grasping at the possible but not quite knowing how. Slop has stumbled into accidental success on a number of occasions.

> research works on grasping at the possible but not quite knowing how

If these are public money, you want to reduce the blind grasping

> Slop has stumbled into accidental success on a number of occasions.

So, show me these occasions where AI slop led to "transformative potential by driving adoption of AI across strategic and public sectors including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, energy, mobility, manufacturing, construction, agri-food, defence, communications and culture."

Knowing the outcome of research before attempting it isn’t research, it’s development.

Being honest with taxpayers about what research is is probably possible unless the population is low IQ.

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