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Personally I'm skeptical of Google's ability to get this done from a business perspective (notwithstanding the deep AI tech chops they have). The fact they call

Personally I'm skeptical of Google's ability to get this done from a business perspective (notwithstanding the deep AI tech chops they have). The fact they called Larry and Sergey back to "deal with AI competition"[1] smacks of desperation. Very unclear whether Larry and Sergey have much to offer here and if they do, why they wouldn't have given that info to Google before. Seems like aeons ago now but anyone remember Galactica, Meta's derisory attempt to do this just a month or so before ChatGPT came out and ate everyone's lunch? [2] [1] https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/video/google-calls-larry-page-sergey-160800153.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMuIdViqhg0yMUd83fi1kBEJSyaflWnR52F5EY6WkymIBl-q67zNWO22iNTt17jzMlDjGp5cehtK68kY8aqYc9OHVArQu4ytpnoTXFp0585dFkwmj4t9_LhzevMNhyBKctYPDUxaKBWaiaatbp2962KdGX3tXgKc1GFzKCEuWUib https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/video/google-calls-larry-page-s... [2] https://www.spiceworks.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/news/meta-galactica-large-language-model-criticism/ https://www.spiceworks.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/news...

ASalazarMX 4y ago
My impression as well. Announcing they're working but having nothing to show for it besides a vague "private beta somewhere in 2023" feels more like FOMO than a solid plan. Seems like once again, the first to implement won.
unraveller 4y ago
At least they didn't call Singhal back. >“People could ask real questions, not just type in keywords,” [Andrew] Ng said. Singhal wasn’t interested. “People don’t want to ask questions. They want to type in keywords,” he said. “If I tell them to ask questions, they’ll just be confused.” [1] Unless on the first try the user gets everything they want and more. But no, google wanted "keywords keywords keywords!". Can't blame them, who wouldn't want to play god sit back and watch people make SEO offerings to you or start a bidding war to be nearest your text box. [1] Genius Makers - Cade Metz

ASalazarMX 4y ago

My impression as well. Announcing they're working but having nothing to show for it besides a vague "private beta somewhere in 2023" feels more like FOMO than a solid plan. Seems like once again, the first to implement won.

unraveller 4y ago

At least they didn't call Singhal back. >“People could ask real questions, not just type in keywords,” [Andrew] Ng said. Singhal wasn’t interested. “People don’t want to ask questions. They want to type in keywords,” he said. “If I tell them to ask questions, they’ll just be confused.” [1] Unless on the first try the user gets everything they want and more. But no, google wanted "keywords keywords keywords!". Can't blame them, who wouldn't want to play god sit back and watch people make SEO offerings to you or start a bidding war to be nearest your text box. [1] Genius Makers - Cade Metz