You think that technology is first. You think that mathematicians and computer engineers or mechanical engineers or doctors are first. They’re very important, but they’re not first. They’re second. Now I’ll prove it to you.
There was a country that had the best mathematicians, the best physicists, the best metallurgists in the world. But that country was very poor. It’s called the Soviet Union. But when you took one of these mathematicians or physicists, who was smuggled out or escaped, put him on a plane and brought him to Palo Alto. Within two weeks, they were producing added value that could produce great wealth.
What comes first is markets. If you have great technology without markets, without a market-friendly economy, you’ll get nowhere. But if you have a market-friendly economy, sooner or later the market forces will give you the technology you want.
And that my friend, simply won't come from an office paralyzed by internal politics of fear and conformity. Don't get it twisted.
This reinforces my impression that Google is at least one year behind. Stunning images, 3D, video while Gemini had to be partially halted this morning.
People always say Google is "behind", I don't believe they're behind in a capabilities sense, which IMO is what the parent is implying. They've decided to make a PC product, which I wouldn't say is inferior to anything else if you're the kind of person who is into PC culture.
There might be some difficult internal politics to work through, but there is no way Google is hamstrung forever by this.
> They've decided to make a PC product, which I wouldn't say is inferior to anything else if you're the kind of person who is into PC culture.
I'm not.
> There might be some difficult internal politics to work through, but there is no way Google is hamstrung forever by this.
The technical prowess is irrelevant. Whichever of the companies in the AI race excises their PC demons will actually ship useful things and break ahead. The talent will follow the market.
Google might very well be hamstrung forever by this and other internal politics. This dynamic has played out over and over again.
There was a country that had the best mathematicians, the best physicists, the best metallurgists in the world. But that country was very poor. It’s called the Soviet Union. But when you took one of these mathematicians or physicists, who was smuggled out or escaped, put him on a plane and brought him to Palo Alto. Within two weeks, they were producing added value that could produce great wealth.
What comes first is markets. If you have great technology without markets, without a market-friendly economy, you’ll get nowhere. But if you have a market-friendly economy, sooner or later the market forces will give you the technology you want.
And that my friend, simply won't come from an office paralyzed by internal politics of fear and conformity. Don't get it twisted.