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The difference is that people have been using ChatGPT for months. It doesn't have as much to prove as Bard, which we know nothing about.
by Salgat 4y ago
The difference is that people have been using ChatGPT for months. It doesn't have as much to prove as Bard, which we know nothing about.
- labrador 4y agoRight, and I think the expectation was the Google had something much better. When they showed they didn't... A lot of "I am disappoint"
- 908B64B197 4y agoIt pretty much collapsed the narrative that Microsoft was behind in AI.
- foobazgt 4y agoHow does Microsoft integrating OpenAI's software demonstrate its own AI prowess?
- Salgat 4y agoMicrosoft has been a billion dollar investor of OpenAI since 2019. They also exclusively licensed GPT-3 several years ago.
- foobazgt 4y agoThat doesn't suggest any competence in AI. In contrast, compare to the work that has come directly out of both Google and Meta.
- Salgat 4y agoIn the past decade Google has acquired 5 Artificial Intelligence companies, including DeepMind. They hired folks like Geoffrey Hinton by acquiring his company in order to have him lead Google Brain. This is just the nature of how these companies build their talent.
- foobazgt 4y agoInvesting in a company and/or integrating with its technology is not the same as acquiring it. For example, it's quite clear that AI is a major part of Google's strategy from the personnel that they have working on it (e.g. Jeff Dean) to the actual results they deliver, both in research and products. These come directly from their full time employees, not partners or investments. Microsoft is not particularly noteworthy in the field.
- 908B64B197 4y ago> For example, it's quite clear that AI is a major part of Google's strategy from the personnel that they have working on it (e.g. Jeff Dean) to the actual results they deliver That makes the 1B investment Microsoft made... a minor part of their strategy? > Microsoft is not particularly noteworthy in the field. And yet it seems Google is playing catchup.
- foobazgt 4y agoBrowse reddit.com/r/bing for a bit. There's a clear reason why Google has been slow-walking release of its better LLM on one hand, while continuously releasing ML-based improvements across their entire product suite on the other.
- yieldcrv 4y agoyeah and Google investors require an illusion of competence of mysterious rocket science. When that illusion drops they get scared. Microsoft investors have more level expectations, there is no luster for Microsoft, they're pleased.