The point of an internship is to gain "real world" experience and begin networking. If you won't learn anything from your intern project or team members, then t

The point of an internship is to gain "real world" experience and begin networking. If you won't learn anything from your intern project or team members, then the internship is just a way to add <large famous tech company> to your resume. That could be a good thing, but it sounds like you would get more personal satisfaction and public recognition from working on your research project with <extremely famous professor>. You can just omit the internship from your resume. No one will know or care. Just make sure you have something lined up before you quit. :)