Google Brain
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2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 1, 2017 by Juan Benet · said 16 times in 6 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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Jul 1, 2017 neutral
Benet: Google Brain and X focus on shorter horizons than Bell Labs
“Google Brain and Axe are much more focused on, on shorter term Valuable things than Bell Labs was. I think both Brain and X can't yet afford to innovate on the multi-decade time scale. They're innovating in like single decade time scales on their own.”
Jan 31, 2025 neutral
McGrew: DeepMind was top-down while Google Brain replicated unguided academia
“And so early on the deep mind culture was I, you know, a caricature is Demis had a big plan and he wanted to hire a bunch of researchers so he could tell them to move forward with his plan. And Google brain said, let's rebuild academia. Let's like bring in all…”