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Nobel-Winning U.S. Chemist Will Move to China to Lead A.I. Institute (www.nytimes.com)
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Omar Yaghi of the University of California, Berkeley, will head an initiative to apply artificial intelligence to the discovery of new materials.

He received his Nobel Prize for helping discover a world of chemistry in which molecular building blocks are assembled into structures that possess vast internal surface areas — the largest of any known substance. His porous structures can act like sponges that readily absorb, store and release gases and vapors.

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[–] brownsugga@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Good for science but why is he being allowed to do this? China is a global adversary of the US, there should be some kind of consideration of how much a risk his contribution to these advancements in China could be to US national security

[–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Um... How? Enslave the man?

[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

China is not letting anyone out of their country if they have any AI training.

https://theaicronicle.com/en/news/geopolitics/china-travel-controls-ai-talent-deepseek-alibaba

[–] tedd_deireadh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Shh, don't give the current administration any ideas. I could see them turning every academic institution into a prison where the researchers focus on monetizing their specialties for Trump.

[–] NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Lets just force all the scientists to stay in their home countries! Fuck the rest of the world and the human right to self determination! Let fascist countries like the US mysteriously disappear scientists! /s (if it wasnt obvious)

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What the /s when it is really happening?

[–] NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

The /s was for anyone that thought I might believe this is a good thing, I've spent long enough on the internet to know there's at least one