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As I was saying, Satya justt confirmed it: https://twitter.com/satyanadella/status/1726516824597258569 https://twitter.com/satyanadella/status/17265168245972585

by mirzap 3y ago

As I was saying, Satya justt confirmed it: https://twitter.com/satyanadella/status/1726516824597258569 https://twitter.com/satyanadella/status/1726516824597258569

toomuchtodo 3y ago
This was inevitable and the only path forward. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38318205 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38318205 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38337522 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38337522 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38342882 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38342882
ctvo 3y ago
Saying it and doing it are very different things. Many huge, lumbering companies have a “startup” lab. Few have done anything of note, and typically it’s because the reasons that made the company move slow and not take risks don’t magically disappear because you’re in a different part of the org chart.
- capableweb 3y ago
  If anything, the examples in that tweet shows the opposite. GitHub and Mojang both done lots of things that wouldn't happen if they weren't now Microsoft, especially GitHub which is only "GitHub" by name at this point, none of the original spirit is still there.
  - mirzap 3y ago
    GitHub is a great example of how an OpenAI team can thrive under Microsoft. Github has drastically improved and has never been better.
- htrp 3y ago
  100% agree
- scythe 3y ago
  Microsoft is not just any huge, lumbering company, though. It has probably the best history of research of any pure software company (leaving aside IBM etc): Microsoft Research funded Haskell behind the scenes for years, they had a quantum computing unit in 2006, and already in 2018 were beating the field in AI patents and research: https://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2019/01/06/microsoft-leads-the-ai-patent-race-going-into-2019/?sh=3a0a479744de https://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2019/01/06/micros... Believing that OpenAI is MSFT's sole move in the AI space would be a serious error.

by mirzap 3y ago

As I was saying, Satya justt confirmed it: https://twitter.com/satyanadella/status/1726516824597258569 https://twitter.com/satyanadella/status/1726516824597258569

toomuchtodo 3y ago

This was inevitable and the only path forward. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38318205 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38318205 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38337522 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38337522 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38342882 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38342882

ctvo 3y ago

Saying it and doing it are very different things. Many huge, lumbering companies have a “startup” lab. Few have done anything of note, and typically it’s because the reasons that made the company move slow and not take risks don’t magically disappear because you’re in a different part of the org chart.

capableweb 3y ago
If anything, the examples in that tweet shows the opposite. GitHub and Mojang both done lots of things that wouldn't happen if they weren't now Microsoft, especially GitHub which is only "GitHub" by name at this point, none of the original spirit is still there.
- mirzap 3y ago
  GitHub is a great example of how an OpenAI team can thrive under Microsoft. Github has drastically improved and has never been better.
htrp 3y ago
100% agree
scythe 3y ago
Microsoft is not just any huge, lumbering company, though. It has probably the best history of research of any pure software company (leaving aside IBM etc): Microsoft Research funded Haskell behind the scenes for years, they had a quantum computing unit in 2006, and already in 2018 were beating the field in AI patents and research: https://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2019/01/06/microsoft-leads-the-ai-patent-race-going-into-2019/?sh=3a0a479744de https://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2019/01/06/micros... Believing that OpenAI is MSFT's sole move in the AI space would be a serious error.