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Unfortunately, my prior reply here was flagged, but I'd like to try again. Here's a quote from Craig Federighi, senior VP of software engineering, less than hal

Unfortunately, my prior reply here was flagged, but I'd like to try again. Here's a quote from Craig Federighi, senior VP of software engineering, less than half a year ago: “Our practices tend to reinforce a natural selection bias — those who are interested in working as a team to deliver a great product versus those whose primary motivation is publishing,” says Federighi. https://backchannel.com/an-exclusive-look-at-how-ai-and-machine-learning-work-at-apple-8dbfb131932b#1c65 https://backchannel.com/an-exclusive-look-at-how-ai-and-mach... In my opinion, this gives you a view of the thinking that goes inside Apple. Publishing papers correlates negatively with being a team player and delivering great products, and here Apple is on record as saying that they do not want that sort of people working there.

leonroy 10y ago
> those who...deliver a great product versus those whose primary motivation is publishing Interesting quote. Federighi seems a tad condescending - in that producing great products and producing publications are mutually exclusive. Whilst Apple might expect their engineers to toil away anonymously under NDA without much recognition outside the organization, the world of academic research does not work like that at all. I guess proof of the pudding is in the eating and in my experience with Apple's AI efforts they are far behind their competitors. I for one am glad Apple are going to start publishing research - it should attract talent, foster sharing and ultimately result in better AI products.