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> If you want to believe that Google is intentionally holding it back and, as a diversion, releasing a very buggy software to the public, then why not, but it d

> If you want to believe that Google is intentionally holding it back and, as a diversion, releasing a very buggy software to the public, then why not, but it doesn't make sense at all. One reason would be capacity. They've increased their server production at least 4x since the announcement of Bard, and that's recent enough that I feel like any decom and deployment, even if it's 1:1 to existing data centers, hasn't been completed. This maps to your last point somewhat, since anticipation is hard. Google has learned not to fully open the all the taps since they can't commit to a consistent product. Assistant and Home technologies were heavily encumbered by patent defense, security awareness, and privacy controls, so much so that the product capabilities they advertised during the Pixel 3 launch were permanently rolled back. They're not promoting or promising anything about Bard, if you notice, because people may not appreciate every new feature, but they never forget when you take things away.

rvnx 4y ago
Capacity issue may be alleviated by limiting the numbers of users who have access, and then progressively scaling it up, rather than releasing an inferior product (assuming the superior product really exists). That being said, for all the other points I agree with you. Google is often a target of any legal claim, so perhaps this makes them more risk-averse too.
- washadjeffmad 4y ago
  Also, it's a meme that when you buy a Google gadget, the customers are its QA team, but it's accurate that they do find ways to sell us products containing their pet technologies so they can gather data and sell them to their real customers - defense, healthcare, manufacturing, etc. Bard is no different. We'll all be performing the RLHF, and they'll sell off the improvements. If we passed a law that made it illegal to work for free, companies like Google would be falling over themselves to institute UBI to avoid paying out to their userbases.

rvnx 4y ago

Capacity issue may be alleviated by limiting the numbers of users who have access, and then progressively scaling it up, rather than releasing an inferior product (assuming the superior product really exists). That being said, for all the other points I agree with you. Google is often a target of any legal claim, so perhaps this makes them more risk-averse too.

washadjeffmad 4y ago
Also, it's a meme that when you buy a Google gadget, the customers are its QA team, but it's accurate that they do find ways to sell us products containing their pet technologies so they can gather data and sell them to their real customers - defense, healthcare, manufacturing, etc. Bard is no different. We'll all be performing the RLHF, and they'll sell off the improvements. If we passed a law that made it illegal to work for free, companies like Google would be falling over themselves to institute UBI to avoid paying out to their userbases.