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Google's man behind the curtain
- Mystalic 18y agoWhy'd you add a 2004 article?
- wallflower 18y agoGoogle's wizard behind the curtain is probably Jeffrey Dean "I'm almost certain it is Jeff Dean. During my 3 month internship at Google, his name came up EVERYWHERE. 1) He is a primary author on all of Google's major infrastructure-related publications (BigTable, MapReduce, etc) 2) I've seen his internal resume. It is CRAZY." http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=219667 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=219667 Jeff Dean speaking at Google I/O 2008 about the infrastructure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsan-GQaeyk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsan-GQaeyk
- neilk 18y agoYup. My personal theory is that if Jeff were not there, Google would have been acquired by competitors. That one guy alone was a force multiplier for Google, in the most literal sense.
- nickb 18y agoQ: When do you think that kind of artificially intelligent search will happen? A: ... In terms of timing, I typically say about 200 to 300 years. I think it is probably closer to the 300th year end of it. But if it ends up being closer to the 200th year, I would not be around in any case, and I will not be able to have anyone gainsay me.
- DaniFong 18y agoIncidentally, Craig Silverstein is one of the few winnings of the ACM programming contest to launch themselves into eminence.
- DaniFong 18y ago*winners. Rather. Does anyone else make wordos? Type the wrong word entirely?