TFenrir t1_j96815w wrote on February 19, 2023 at 3:52 PM

Reply to comment by lehcarfugu in What’s up with DeepMind? by BobbyWOWO

Ah I get you. Yeah, here's the complicated thing though - Google generally provides the most valuable AI research every year, especially if you include DeepMind.

https://thundermark.medium.com/ai-research-rankings-2022-sputnik-moment-for-china-64b693386a4

If suddenly they decide that it's more important to be... Let's say cautious, about what papers they release, what impact is that going to have? Are other companies going to step up and provide more research, or are they all going to be more cautious about sharing their findings?

blueSGL t1_j96kgc1 wrote on February 19, 2023 at 5:19 PM

It's all fine and good being a benevolent company that decides it's going to fund (but not release) research.

Are the people actually developing this researches going to be happy grinding away at problems at a company and not have anything they've created shared?

and see another research institute gain kudos for something they'd already created 6months to a year prior but it's locked in the google vault?

TFenrir t1_j96l9m3 wrote on February 19, 2023 at 5:25 PM

Yeah I think this is already playing out to some degree, with some attrition from Google Brain to OpenAI.

I don't know how much is just... Normal poaching and attrition, and how much is related to different ideologies, but I think Google will have to pivot significantly to prevent something more substantial happening to their greatest asset.