[HN Gopher] Google co-founder Sergey Brin on leaving retirement ...
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       Google co-founder Sergey Brin on leaving retirement to work on AI
        
       Author : moonraker
       Score  : 45 points
       Date   : 2023-08-22 17:52 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theverge.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theverge.com)
        
       | birdyrooster wrote:
       | By retiring early, he sorta let Google, this still immature
       | organization, get completely steamrolled by the board. I used to
       | work there and the culture shifted rapidly upon his departure.
        
         | EMIRELADERO wrote:
         | Could you elaborate on the changes?
        
       | catchnear4321 wrote:
       | oligarchs of current year aren't so different from their
       | ancestors, blood or money.
       | 
       | throwing parties and talking and listening to each other talk.
       | 
       | edit: did the downvoters not read the article, or attend the
       | party? if the latter, how was the surprise guest? was the x
       | around?
        
       | renewiltord wrote:
       | I have to laugh at an unrecognized Sergey Brin talking to stall
       | for time at an AI hackathon while the audience waits for the real
       | speaker, Grimes. That's a very enjoyable picture.
        
         | Michelangelo11 wrote:
         | Right? Feels like something out of Silicon Valley.
        
       | puttycat wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/rRVo4
        
         | jdboyd wrote:
         | That seems to lead to an endless CAPTCHA loop.
        
         | samspenc wrote:
         | Thanks, didn't realize Verge was also paywalled these days.
        
       | mistrial9 wrote:
       | the first niche research paper I found looking recently, on a
       | niche topic.. was "AI for reading research papers" that looked
       | for nouns associated with this niche, and then the context, and
       | did that for thousands of publications. That writeup was released
       | publicly in 2018.
       | 
       | If you think a founder of Google does not have tools like that on
       | Day0, you might be in for some surprises in a year.
        
       | JimtheCoder wrote:
       | This does make for good media, but does anyone believe that
       | adding one more cook to the kitchen at Google is going to
       | measurably change their trajectory in this area?
        
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