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They did stay ahead of their competitors. In a lot of ways they still are. In a "making profit from AI" way, they're not. But that's what you hire product peopl
by aprilthird2021 2y ago
They did stay ahead of their competitors. In a lot of ways they still are. In a "making profit from AI" way, they're not. But that's what you hire product people for. They had the SOTA translation system of the entire world for a literal decade and didn't monetize it enough to blow their competition to dust. That's not the fault of researchers, and research shouldn't halt or be redirected to profit as a result. Rather, Google should get some better managers / product people to turn the magic their researchers create into profits.
- hot_gril 2y agoThey aren't ahead even in terms of AI tech now. A lot of those researchers got hired away to other companies, and ChatGPT has been ahead continuously.
- aprilthird2021 2y agoThey are ahead in terms of AI infra and capacity. Research it's not as easy to tell. They are behind in terms of shipping products. Yes a lot of researchers got hired away, but they still up there in the race