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Transformers were fundamental research that ended up having huge side benefits. (Google has plenty of money to keep spending on fundamental research, especially
by 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 agoInventing transformers may prove to be Google's undoing. Being a research paper factory doesn't seem to be good for shareholders.
- politician 3y agoStill, inventing XMLHttpRequest wasn't Microsoft's undoing, but for many years we suspected it might be. This might be a similar situation.