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Google has fallen so far. Both Inception and Mobilenet were released openly and changed the entire AI world. Nowadays we just get blog posts about results that

Google has fallen so far. Both Inception and Mobilenet were released openly and changed the entire AI world. Nowadays we just get blog posts about results that were supposedly achieved, an accompanying paper that can’t be reproduced (because of Google’s magical “private datasets”), and some screencaps of a cool application of the tech that is virtually guaranteed to never make it to product.

minimaxir 3y ago
No one ever filed multimillion dollar lawsuits over Inception and MobileNet. The calculus is different now.
tussa 3y ago
Probably because the actual product is garbage. Remember the Google assistant demo, where it booked a table at a restaurant? That never materialized. Google assistant is just eating crayons today.
- refulgentis 3y ago
  Yeah it did But to your point its not as impressive as it was sold: glorified reverse phone tree. But it is what it was sold as, and it is available.
- inquirerGeneral 3y ago
  It did work, I used it myself. A quick search shows others who had my experience. This was late 2019 for me. Here's the first link and the Google post on rolling out in summer 2019: "Google Assistant just made a dinner reservation for me... I knew this was coming... but mind blown!" https://www.reddit.com/r/googlehome/comments/ezv3us/google_assistant_just_made_a_dinner_reservation/ https://www.reddit.com/r/googlehome/comments/ezv3us/google_a... "Now, you can use it on all Pixel phones in 43 U.S. states. All it takes is a few seconds to tell your Assistant where you'd like to go. Just ask the Assistant on your phone, “Book a table for four people at [restaurant name] tomorrow night.” The Assistant will then call the restaurant to see if it can accommodate your request. Once your reservation is successfully made, you’ll receive a notification on your phone, an email update and a calendar invite so you don’t forget." https://blog.google/products/assistant/book-table-google-assistant-across-country-more-devices/ https://blog.google/products/assistant/book-table-google-ass...
- the-rc 3y ago
  It did materialize. https://www.reddit.com/r/googlehome/comments/ezv3us/google_assistant_just_made_a_dinner_reservation/ https://www.reddit.com/r/googlehome/comments/ezv3us/google_a... Or the comments under https://youtu.be/-RHG5DFAjp8 https://youtu.be/-RHG5DFAjp8 It's probably hard to trigger these days because most places support OpenTable or similar.
- N3cr0ph4g1st 3y ago
  Assistant makes reservations for me just like that demo :P but in general I agree it's gone very downhill

minimaxir 3y ago

No one ever filed multimillion dollar lawsuits over Inception and MobileNet. The calculus is different now.

tussa 3y ago

Probably because the actual product is garbage. Remember the Google assistant demo, where it booked a table at a restaurant? That never materialized. Google assistant is just eating crayons today.

refulgentis 3y ago
Yeah it did But to your point its not as impressive as it was sold: glorified reverse phone tree. But it is what it was sold as, and it is available.
inquirerGeneral 3y ago
It did work, I used it myself. A quick search shows others who had my experience. This was late 2019 for me. Here's the first link and the Google post on rolling out in summer 2019: "Google Assistant just made a dinner reservation for me... I knew this was coming... but mind blown!" https://www.reddit.com/r/googlehome/comments/ezv3us/google_assistant_just_made_a_dinner_reservation/ https://www.reddit.com/r/googlehome/comments/ezv3us/google_a... "Now, you can use it on all Pixel phones in 43 U.S. states. All it takes is a few seconds to tell your Assistant where you'd like to go. Just ask the Assistant on your phone, “Book a table for four people at [restaurant name] tomorrow night.” The Assistant will then call the restaurant to see if it can accommodate your request. Once your reservation is successfully made, you’ll receive a notification on your phone, an email update and a calendar invite so you don’t forget." https://blog.google/products/assistant/book-table-google-assistant-across-country-more-devices/ https://blog.google/products/assistant/book-table-google-ass...
the-rc 3y ago
It did materialize. https://www.reddit.com/r/googlehome/comments/ezv3us/google_assistant_just_made_a_dinner_reservation/ https://www.reddit.com/r/googlehome/comments/ezv3us/google_a... Or the comments under https://youtu.be/-RHG5DFAjp8 https://youtu.be/-RHG5DFAjp8 It's probably hard to trigger these days because most places support OpenTable or similar.
N3cr0ph4g1st 3y ago
Assistant makes reservations for me just like that demo :P but in general I agree it's gone very downhill