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> Interesting to see that the Google Brain Residency isn't that much more advanced than other graduate work or fellowship programs out there. Why would you ass
by ForHackernews 9y ago
> Interesting to see that the Google Brain Residency isn't that much more advanced than other graduate work or fellowship programs out there.
Why would you assume that a temp job at an advertising company would be "more advanced" than work conducted at an actual research institution?
- TheArcane 9y agoEven though that's how it makes a lion's share of its revenue, I don't think anyone actually considers Google just an advertising company.
- ForHackernews 9y agoMaybe they don't "consider" Google an advertising company, but that's what it is. Comcast isn't just a cable company these days, but it is still a cable company.
- johnsmith21006 9y agoThat advertising company did create software that beat the best Go player in the world a decade earlier than estimates. They also created the most power NN processing silicon that uses far less power than anyone else. A pod is doing 11.5 quadrillion FLOPs is pretty impressive. Just sayin.
- ForHackernews 9y agoSure, stipulated. Google has demonstrated conclusively that if you throw enormous amounts of money and compute infrastructure at problems, you can make progress. Those are still engineering developments, not the kind of groundbreaking research that happens at universities or national labs. It's not even the kind of fundamental research that places like Xerox PARC, IBM, or Bell Labs used to invest in. Frankly, it's kind of insulting to imply that a one-year Google residency would be "more advanced" than years-long graduate programs at places like MIT, Caltech or CMU.