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Sounds like a smart decision short term questionable long term (more focus on product instead of fundamental research).

• luma 3y ago
  Their existing “all research/no product” approach is becoming increasingly untenable. This had to happen if Google wants to remain a going concern.
  • nwoli 3y ago
    Transformers were fundamental research that ended up having huge side benefits. (Google has plenty of money to keep spending on fundamental research, especially focused on smart things like ML.)
    • dougmwne 3y ago
      Inventing transformers may prove to be Google's undoing. Being a research paper factory doesn't seem to be good for shareholders.
      • politician 3y ago
        Still, inventing XMLHttpRequest wasn't Microsoft's undoing, but for many years we suspected it might be. This might be a similar situation.