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> Sundar's comments in the main video seem like he's trying to communicate "we've been doing this ai stuff since you (other AI companies) were little babies" -
by bogwog 3y ago
> Sundar's comments in the main video seem like he's trying to communicate "we've been doing this ai stuff since you (other AI companies) were little babies" - to me this comes off kind of badly
Reminds me of the Stadia reveal, where the first words out of his mouth were along the lines of "I'll admit, I'm not much of a gamer"
This dude needs a new speech writer.
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoThis dude needs a new speech writer. How about we go further and just state what everyone (other than Wall St) thinks: Google needs a new CEO. One more interested in Google's supposed mission ("to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful"), than in Google's stock price.
- whatshisface 3y ago"The shareholders are too well-represented" is one of the complaints least likely to be acted on, second only to "I'm getting old."
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoSure, anti-capitalist-impulse Me 100% agrees. It's just doubly icky in the context of Google's original "letter to shareholders": https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/29/business/letter-from-the-founders.html https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/29/business/letter-from-the-... ("Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one")
- avarun 3y agoHaha that’s a great find. Google may be one of the most conventional companies out there now.
- whatshisface 3y ago"One of the most conventional companies" sounds like some kind of paradox.
- minwcnt5 3y agoTo some extent that's because conventional tech companies became Google.
- anticensor 3y agoThey are still not a conventional company, in the manner of intentionally shutting down support avenues to paying customers even.
- geodel 3y agoKinda like kids who claimed to become Rocket scientists when grow up. But now flipping burgers at McDonald's. Big liars living among us.
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoI resemble that remark! Ok, well, maybe not burgers
- globalise83 3y agoDo you flip user stories too?
- whatshisface 3y agoFlipping kanban cards. ):-|
- cmrdporcupine 3y ago"What is my purpose?"
- niyikiza 3y agoMr Meeseeks with extra steps.
- desdenova 3y agoAt least the second one is very easy to act upon.
- epolanski 3y agoCEOs rarely get replaced, they need to do something very very very bad for this to happen.
- huytersd 3y agoI don’t know. Maybe a couple of months ago I would have agreed but Google is back baby.
- mfrc 3y agoIt's a publicly-traded company. Wall Street's basically the whole ball game.
- supportengineer 3y ago>> This dude needs a new speech writer. If only there was some technology that could help "generate" such text.
- thefourthchime 3y agoDude needs a new job. He's been the Steve Balmer of Google, ruining what made them great and running the company into the ground.
- geodel 3y agoLOL. He'll need new job when Google board decide to fire him. So far it does not look like happening.
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoIt's more like when Larry & Sergey and Eric decide to fire him. Because that's how Google was structured.
- geodel 3y agoSame thing. So far whenever Larry speaks about Sundar it is more responsibility/promotion for him.
- chatmasta 3y agoI'm wondering why they're keeping him around. Maybe they feel like they've got more control when Sundar is in charge, since he's less likely to make any rash decisions or sudden movements (or any movements at all...)
- mfrc 3y agoBecause, despite what the HN hiveminds think, the company has been performing extremely well under Sundar. Unless he starts destroying Larry and Sergey's wealth he will remain as CEO.
- chatmasta 3y agoYour comment history is exclusively limited to posts about Google product releases and stock performance (and one about Sergey Brin's airship), so I'm sorry if I don't consider you an unbiased observer. And sure, maybe you honestly believe in the company, and that's why you invest in it. But just because you think you've aligned your incentives (stock portfolio) with those of the company, doesn't mean you've accurately assessed its health and future outlook. For those of us closer to the ground - the "HN hive mind," if you will - in the same industry but not at Google, the signs are far from positive. Top line revenue looks good, but Microsoft grew more in the past decade than Google. There is a massive dependence on advertising revenue, which is so large that it's basically an existential threat to the company (although admittedly, GCP is beginning to show promise after recently posting its first profitable quarter). The rest of the industry is actively fighting Google's ability to display ads to their users. The quality of the flagship Search product is possibly the lowest it's ever been. YouTube is driving users away while picking pennies up off the floor. Employees are leaving to build startups like OpenAI with the tech they researched at Google. Morale is extremely low. Recruiting pipelines are likely suffering; most developers with an offer from Google and a company paying equivalent salary (in other words, the best developers) will not choose Google. Public perception is hostile, amidst both the general public and early adopters like developers. Governments are litigating, potential anti-trust breakups are on the horizon. But most importantly: Google has failed to fundamentally innovate since about 2005; if you disagree, please name an innovative product created from scratch at Google since that time.