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> Google didn’t deliver a chat-powered generative A.I. product despite working on one for years. Don’t forget that Google translate has been out for years and
by vineyardmike 3y ago
> Google didn’t deliver a chat-powered generative A.I. product despite working on one for years.
Don’t forget that Google translate has been out for years and used the GPT structure they invented.
Also I think Google missing the ball on the GenAI chat will go down as one of the biggest AI and tech fumbles, even if the fads around LLMs fade. They beat OpenAI to creating a chat interface- but they had all that drama last summer of some crazy religious employee getting spooked at it being sentient, so they locked it down. That’s probably what gave OpenAI the idea to ship ChatGPT honestly.
Also this labs page clearly looks like a vanity marketing site to remind people (?) that Google Does AI (tm).
- rollcat 3y ago> They beat OpenAI to creating a chat interface- but they had all that drama last summer of some crazy religious employee getting spooked at it being sentient, so they locked it down. It sounds absolutely hilarious, and highlights everything that's wrong about this bubble. Do you have a source on this?
- true_religion 3y agohttps://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jul/23/google-fires-software-engineer-who-claims-ai-chatbot-is-sentient https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jul/23/google-fi... Summary: one of their engineers started to think they had achieved AGI and went to the media to save the “life” of the chat bot.
- omneity 3y agoI "interviewed" that engineer recently, especially about GPT-4 and how it compares to LaMDa: https://twitter.com/OmarKamali/status/1726431417163206900 https://twitter.com/OmarKamali/status/1726431417163206900 (take the answers with a grain of salt, some people I know at Google had very different assessments of LaMDA)