The downsides to having a golden goose are that a silver goose just can't compete, another golden goose is a threat. Golden geese are rare too and so much of it

The downsides to having a golden goose are that a silver goose just can't compete, another golden goose is a threat. Golden geese are rare too and so much of it is luck. For example, Google's search and ads complete dominance began in an era when nobody cares about search. They considered the problem "solved" and AltaVista was peak technology. The paper that set off the LLM gold rush was written in 2017 by 8 Google researchers in 2017, none of whom still work at the company. Can you imagine where Google might be if they embraced this 7 years ago? Instead, they're making "me too" announcements taht so reminds me of Microsoft with Bing or Meta with, well, just about anything these days (particularly IG and Tiktok "me too" features). Google has other golden geese but almost all of them are acquisitions (eg Youtube, Maps, Android, Docs, Youtube). Chrome is the notable stand out. Going through this list the first 53 or so are AI "me too" announcements. Google has blown a huge potential AI lead and has become an un-agile reactive behemoth, possibly even a dinosaur.