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Comment by fragmede

2 days ago

The man that invented PageRank while going to college at Stanford for a PhD doesn't have a technical background? He did not get that PhD because he founded Google. He may not be as smart as you think you are, but he's no slouch either.

A charitable interpretation of what GP said is that Brin might not have a specific expertise in AI.

I also think this doesn't make sense, because he certainly stayed on top of things