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turnip_burrito t1_j4rwf9n wrote

Reply to comment by AsheyDS in Perhaps ChatGPT is a step back? by PaperCruncher

Taxes, I mean.

The US for example has national labs paying scientists to do research, so it's not unheard of.

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AsheyDS t1_j4rysoq wrote

In the US, there's already this.. https://seedfund.nsf.gov/

Not the easiest thing to get into though, and still capitalist-minded. And actually it's easier to start and maintain a for-profit company for research than it is a non-profit organization, so if you're going to have a for-profit company anyway then you might as well seek a variety of funding sources, which do include strings attached leading to monetization. It's just how the system is unfortunately...

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