[zeestephen]

I was speaking strictly in terms of medical R&D dollars spent per year.

Bethesda, MD (NIH), and Johns Hopkins, and hundreds of local start ups are ahead of Boston.

The Palo Alto to SF corridor has more medical endowment cash than Boston.

I mentioned northern New Jersey because the huge Pharma budget clearly has an impact on medical science.

Metro Boston has a very significant private Life Sciences business budget, but less than metro D.C.

[Texan4Life]

https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-chatbot-jesus-lucerne-catholic-66268027fbcf4b48972d1d62541f0b16

"AI Jesus" avatar tests man’s faith in machines and the divine

After the two-month run of the “Deus in Machina” exhibit at Peter’s Chapel starting in late August, some 900 conversations from visitors –- some came more than once –- were transcribed anonymously. Those behind the project said it was largely a success: Visitors often came out moved or deep in thought, and found it easy to use.

A small sign invited visitors to enter a confessional -– chosen for its intimacy –- and below a lattice screen across which penitent believers would usually speak with a priest, a green light signaled the visitor’s turn to speak, and a red one came on when “AI Jesus” on a computer screen on the other side was responding.