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I think Andrew had already severed his official ties with Google when he started Coursera, since he was probably the person to recommend Google hire Geoff Hinto
by chriskanan 12y ago
I think Andrew had already severed his official ties with Google when he started Coursera, since he was probably the person to recommend Google hire Geoff Hinton to replace him (see [1]). If Andrew had returned to Google, I don't think he would have as great of a leadership role as the one that Baidu is offering to him, since there are several other AI leaders that are just as prominent, if not more so, at Google (like Hinton and Kurzweil).
[1] http://www.wired.com/2013/03/google_hinton/ http://www.wired.com/2013/03/google_hinton/
- presty 12y ago> since there are several other AI leaders that are just as prominent, if not more so, at Google (like Hinton and Kurzweil). Norvig > Kurzweil
- rpm4321 12y agoNorvig himself has a different take on that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zihTWh5i2C4#t=86 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zihTWh5i2C4#t=86
- krick 12y agoNothing of a "different take" out there. And even if there would have been, it's only natural to speak praisingly about somebody you introduce.
- kordless 12y agoI just watched Norvig's 100K student talk. Quite impressive and mind blowing to think about.