🧪Science Advocacy📣 Public comments on NSF's 10 Key Technology Areas due today! If you can comment, I suggest: 1. Remove and/or put strict boundaries on AI, b/c of huge private sector investment + known problems www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... @standupforscience.bsky.social 🧵1/4
2. Suggest a substitution, like Natural Resource Conservation, Environmental Sustainability, or Livable Communities, b/c tech can focus on conservation vs. consumption. They have a "Natural Disasters" category, but we have to wait for disasters to develop technology!?!? 2/4
Background: 1. NSF's Key Technology Areas were passed with CHIPS and Science Act, and act as a kind of bottleneck for some programs. More info on KTAs www.nsf.gov/focus-areas/... 2. KTAs are revisited, input is thru the public comment process. Comments must be short (Max 4 sentence/prompt) 3/4
🧪💲NSF's KTAs will guide funding priorities for coming years, so it's important they get input. It would be amazing if any experts can weigh in, even just on AI as a Key Technology Area! @wolvendamien.bsky.social @carlbergstrom.com @katestarbird.bsky.social @abeba.bsky.social @edzitron.com 4/4