Comment by cornonthecobra
3 days ago
I really don't buy his explanation. Here's one of the world's smartest guys, with more money than Smaug, and he really couldn't come up with anything better than going back to Google to work on Gemini?
What's the point of all that money if you won't even hire someone to help you find hobbies.
So many STEM universities have online courses. The art world froths itself mad over smart people with stupid money. Local projects beg for angels like him.
Hell even just doing the AI schtick but for free open source or as a pet startup.
My mind reels with ideas. Why didn't his?
To me those are all either inferior to working on AI or can be done outside of work. And for the founder of Google, probably Google is the best place to work on AI.
Hiring someone to find hobbies defeats the purpose of hobbies. Why would you want to pursue something that someone else finds enticing rather than you discovering it yourself?
You hire such people to introduce you to ideas and projects. You try some stuff, see what sticks.
It's something you can do when you have money and time but no ideas.
He's probably tired of grifters by now.
he has a phd in CS, hes probably always been interested in AI, you dont think getting to play with AI with essentially infinite resources is more fun than collecting stamps or skiing or something?
Having the best AI is prestigious for billionaires. It's that simple.
Then why did he go back to Google /s