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Gemini was a stepping stone to a moonshot, which is almost certainly why the name was chosen. Edit: another poster shared the etymology, the merger between Goo
by closewith 3y ago
Gemini was a stepping stone to a moonshot, which is almost certainly why the name was chosen.
Edit: another poster shared the etymology, the merger between Google Brain and DeepMind. I shall eat my words.
- happytiger 3y agoPerhaps. Corporate entomologies tend to be very well rehearsed stories, and I’ve been around the valley long enough to know those stories aren’t always the whole story. I would encourage you to read the Kissinger / Schmidt book before settling your opinion. That origin story may be true. But it doesn’t make the whole story necessarily. https://time.com/6113393/eric-schmidt-henry-kissinger-ai-book/ https://time.com/6113393/eric-schmidt-henry-kissinger-ai-boo...
- OrsonSmelles 3y ago>corporate entomologies Now there's a ready-made Far Side concept.
- mangamadaiyan 3y ago"Corporate entomology" is a lovely term, evoking surreal (and yet strangely familiar) images of cockroaches in suits. Brilliant!
- happytiger 3y agoIf you’re going to make a typo, it might as well be about roaches in suits running the valley. Good lord.
- mangamadaiyan 3y agoI didn't realize it was a typo. I thought it was a deliberate misspelling!