alt Hacker NewsBecause the business model for governments is difficult. Income are mostly taxes, so you have to be able to explain constantly why it is a good idea to keep on spending budget on that funding.
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KerrAvon • today at 7:53 PM
Governments don't have a business model. They don't need to make a profit. (Also, debt doesn't work the same way for the federal government that it does for a business or even a US state.)
see, for just one take on this, https://www.ucdavis.edu/magazine/why-federally-funded-resear...
If AI optimists are correct, and AI can increase productivity across the board, tax revenues go up. Not rocket science.