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Meta has been one of the powerhouses of AI research for many years now. Why? Recruiting most likely.
by justapassenger 4y ago
Meta has been one of the powerhouses of AI research for many years now.
Why? Recruiting most likely.
- AndrewKemendo 4y agoYes, however all of that research was directly applicable to the Meta family of companies products - most specifically around NLP, image processing and computer vision with some work in RL. So it was applicable to the company, in addition to being good for recruiting. Unclear what products this would apply to
- m12k 4y agoImproving the newsfeed algorithm. Automating content moderation. Creating content for the upcoming Metaverse. Realistic virtual characters for the Metaverse. Whether or not we like, or agree with, or believe in their goals (I don't), I think it's hard to argue that competence in AI is not useful for them.