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Whether those authors are still at Google is irrelevant. As long as Google is still hiring the best people, you should expect to see work that has just the same

by o1y32 3y ago

Whether those authors are still at Google is irrelevant. As long as Google is still hiring the best people, you should expect to see work that has just the same quality and impact, just produced by a new team. Although I genuinely don't know if this is still true.

sorokod 3y ago
Fungible! You say that best researchers are fungible - why would that be true?
kkzz99 3y ago
But this perfectly illustrates that just having the "best people" doesn't mean anything as long as the policies in the company doesn't allow for the innovation AND execution into products.
justinclift 3y ago
> As long as Google is still hiring the best people ... When has that ever been the case? Just because some company says "We do X", you shouldn't fall for the trap of believing them. All of the FAANG companies say the same thing, as do quite a few non-FAANG companies.
- braza 3y ago
  > When has that ever been the case? Not the OP, but let me reframe the point here: I do not dare to say that Google hire the best; but what they goes quite close to get the top talent from some demographics and with certain skills and give the resources, some amount of freedom, and guidance and then collect the astonishing research results. Personally I do not think that Google Brain has more talent than TU Berlin/TU Munchen, but the main difference it’s that the former has more access to resources and certain amount of intelectual freedom to spend a bit of time in something. End result: The top conferences in AI, Machine Learning and so forth are dominated by Google and other big companies.
throwaway14356 3y ago
what defines the best? last i hear the interview process is a hard unsolved problem. the best would also relate to the size culture, goal of the company, existing products etc etc why would the best seek employment? i chat with a guy who claimed to charge 5000 per phone call, he would be much to busy studying to even consider employment.

by o1y32 3y ago

sorokod 3y ago

Fungible! You say that best researchers are fungible - why would that be true?

kkzz99 3y ago

But this perfectly illustrates that just having the "best people" doesn't mean anything as long as the policies in the company doesn't allow for the innovation AND execution into products.

justinclift 3y ago

> As long as Google is still hiring the best people ... When has that ever been the case? Just because some company says "We do X", you shouldn't fall for the trap of believing them. All of the FAANG companies say the same thing, as do quite a few non-FAANG companies.

braza 3y ago
> When has that ever been the case? Not the OP, but let me reframe the point here: I do not dare to say that Google hire the best; but what they goes quite close to get the top talent from some demographics and with certain skills and give the resources, some amount of freedom, and guidance and then collect the astonishing research results. Personally I do not think that Google Brain has more talent than TU Berlin/TU Munchen, but the main difference it’s that the former has more access to resources and certain amount of intelectual freedom to spend a bit of time in something. End result: The top conferences in AI, Machine Learning and so forth are dominated by Google and other big companies.

throwaway14356 3y ago

what defines the best? last i hear the interview process is a hard unsolved problem. the best would also relate to the size culture, goal of the company, existing products etc etc why would the best seek employment? i chat with a guy who claimed to charge 5000 per phone call, he would be much to busy studying to even consider employment.