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No, because they already have LaMDA which is the same thing, a language model for dialogs. Google could implement that into Google today, but the reason they d
by impulser_ 4y ago
No, because they already have LaMDA which is the same thing, a language model for dialogs.
Google could implement that into Google today, but the reason they don't is Google is a 200b/year business. You don't want to mess around with a business of that size for the fun of it.
We will probably see it in Google Assistant before they add it too Google.
OpenAI doesn't have this worry so they can put their model out into the public and if anything goes bad they don't lose anything. Google does.
- skilled 4y agoThat was my thought process too, particularly the business part. I find it hard to believe Google would want to give that up so easily. Will be interesting to see how it unfolds.
- ilaksh 4y agoAlso some Google employees have mentioned on HN that Google has been analyzing similar things and the compute is currently too expensive to make it profitable.
- visarga 4y agoThat's the real reason. And the fact that it decreases ad views.
- 8n4vidtmkvmk 4y agosounds very monetizable. any question that can be solved with a product.. replace that with an affiliate link. maybe only a 5th of the queries will be monetized, but the ones that are are so specific/targeted that the ROI/click through will be great
- whiplash451 4y agoInnovator dilemma in full swing.
- prawn 4y agoI think that could explain exactly why it's a threat to Google (thus yes to deep waters). Google likely has the tech/ability, but they have an existing business to protect which is a strong disincentive to experiment. It creates a strong opportunity for the upstart trying to carve out new territory. Wonder if Google is skunkworking something like this at arms' length as a backup plan?