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For what it's worth, Google should be taking a page out of Netflix's playbook in pivoting their search business: not by improving/adding LLM features to existin

For what it's worth, Google should be taking a page out of Netflix's playbook in pivoting their search business: not by improving/adding LLM features to existing search algorithm and results, but instead fork into a new site and starting from scratch. Netflix had spun out their DVD mail-in business to focus on streaming but had maintained ownership of both. This would allow them to innovate quickly on the new tech without worrying about the baggage and backend migrations required for the first approach. Otherwise it could slow things to a crawl and risk of being leapfrogged by Microsoft. We saw a similar scenario play out for YouTube Shorts - it took 2-3 years of beta testing to avoid disrupting the core YouTube content but that allowed TikTok to firmly entrench itself.

isoprophlex 4y ago
When was the last time Google delivered something that was actually good/lasted longer than an afternoon? They have had search, maps and gmail since forever. To me, it seems they don't know how to innovate anymore, let alone deliver. It'll be the story of YouTube Shorts, (stadia, ... you name it) over and over, until they fade into obscurity.
- MaxDPS 4y ago
  Android? Chromebook?
  - thefurdrake 4y ago
    Android: 2003 Chromebook: 2011 I feel like there have to be better examples.
    - MaxDPS 4y ago
      Chromecast, Android Auto, Wear OS I'd personally give Google Colab an honorable mention since it seems like the go to notebook for sharing ML research/projects.