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Comment by Holger Hoos
Machine learning professor; CAIRNE co-founder
A CERN for AI would essentially have three functions. It would serve as a meeting place, a platform for experts to interact and exchange ideas. Second, it would offer a research environment that the various existing research centers, even the large ones, including the Max Planck Institutes, simply cannot finance on their own. Third, it would be a global magnet for talent to create an alternative to the U.S.-based big tech companies.
As a public-sector institution, the Center would be accountable to the public and largely seek to solve problems in the public interest.
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(2023)
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Quote text matches Holger Hoos's RWTH Aachen interview "We Need a C.E.R.N. for Artificial Intelligence" confirmed via web search. The three functions (meeting place, research environment, talent magnet) and "public-sector institution" framing are consistent with Hoos's well-documented public advocacy as CAIRNE/CLAIRE chair. Source URL is canonical RWTH Aachen page (returns 403 to WebFetch but valid; English mirror at rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/wir/aktuell/im-fokus/.../?lidx=1 confirms the same content). Vote "for" on "The CERN for AI should be completely non-profit" aligns directly with the quote: "As a public-sector institution, the Center would be accountable to the public and largely seek to solve problems in the public interest."
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 12d ago
replying to Holger Hoos