[Cieplak]

I think the govt has already broken quite a few of its own rules, yet smart people from around the world flock to Google, MIT, and the like. National security letters, the Patriot Act, illicit war.

I would love to live in Berlin, but my family is here in the states, and the NSA would still intercept my communications in Germany, anyway.

[mjwalshe]

And your point is? anyone working in ML and AI knows where large amounts of funding comes from - this was true 30 years ago just as much so today.