Comment by rvz

2 years ago

DeepMind was Google's life-line. This man (Hassabis) should be CEO of Google.

We have given Sundar enough time and without DeepMind, Google would not have Gemini and he did not put DeepMind to use for a long time until now.

Google AI that made 'Bard' is NOT DeepMind. You should be looking at Google DeepMind, which made breakthroughs like AlphaGo, AlphaCode, WaveNet, GraphCast, etc.

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kevinventullo  2 years ago

I’m not sure Hassabis’s time would be well spent thinking about, I dunno, how to allocate headcount to the Google Cloud Enterprise Sales team. Or glad-handing with world leaders to convince them that ad tech can self-regulate.

  • esafak  2 years ago

    I don't think Hassabis is ideal for the job, but this kind of thinking is what caused Google to stumble. Google needs a leader who understands technology and product. Google is not Procter and Gamble; the kind of company a suit can run.

  • rvz  2 years ago

    > I’m not sure Hassabis’s time would be well spent thinking about, I dunno, how to allocate headcount to the Google Cloud Enterprise Sales team.

    Exactly. There is a CEO of Google Cloud (Thomas Kurian) that should be doing that. That's called "delegation".

    • kevinventullo  2 years ago

      Ok, so then evaluating whether Thomas Kurian is doing a good job, discussing and pressure testing the rationale behind his proposed targets and strategies, figuring out how they fit in with the broader company strategy and communicating this vision effectively, having a contingency plan if Thomas Kurian leaves or a better candidate for Cloud CEO appears on the radar. These are just off the top of my head.

      You seem to believe “Delegation” is a passive act; the reality is Hassabis would end up spending, generously, about 1/10 of the time he is now thinking about things like how to monetize LLM’s.

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