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Sometimes you don't know up front. Perhaps you learn a lot about gaussian splatting and push forward that tech by five years (presuming they started on this fiv
by cco 7mo ago
Sometimes you don't know up front. Perhaps you learn a lot about gaussian splatting and push forward that tech by five years (presuming they started on this five years ago).
Or maybe you learn this helps you build a world model that would have accelerated Waymo's progression, or you sell it to robotics companies.
That's the nice thing about having a money printer and a ton of smart, curious, and driven people. You can afford to do things without a strict eye towards profit, that's reserved for tiny companies living on a razor's edge. Or consultants I guess.
- crazygringo 7mo agoI can't tell if you're agreeing with me or not! But yes, that is the nice thing about the money printer -- they were able to prototype it, and maybe it is helping Waymo. But there isn't a strong need for it to live as a product within Google Street View.