"Google uses Bayesian filtering the way Microsoft uses the if statement"* This quote is 18 years old, and already by then it was established understanding that

"Google uses Bayesian filtering the way Microsoft uses the if statement"* This quote is 18 years old, and already by then it was established understanding that Google had extreme technical magic the rest of the world lacked. A rushed, bumbled tech demo in an area a company who for decades has invested billions in and widely enjoyed a perception of AI supremacy is a wildly different thing to a polished demo from a company nobody expects anything good to come from. They have constantly encouraged the belief in their technical dominance in their marketing and hiring for as long as I can remember. If that's the perception externally, imagine how much more scathing a defeat it must feel to current employees. * https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2005/10/17/news-121/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2005/10/17/news-121/