X by Google, X by Twitter, X by X. Terrible branding on all sides and I am so not interested in any of this bullshit.
The only thing I can ask is: Y ???
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X, the moonshot factory
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Re: X, the moonshot factory
#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can't say that here. You'll be downvoted as trite and cynical. IMO, it's all headed for the graveyard.
> IMO, it's all headed for the graveyard Every company will die some day. But some companies have been around for a very very long time. Kongō Gumi Co., Ltd. (株式会社金剛組, Kabushiki Gaisha Kongō Gumi) is a Japanese construction company founded in 578 A.D., making it the world's oldest company. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kong%C5%8D_Gumi And there are some other pretty old companies that are still around as well. https:…
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Huh, according to Wikipedia (without citation, unfortunately), that ancient construction company pioneered the use of CAD for temple design. I wanted to see if I could corroborate this claim, so "kongo gumi cad" on Google lead to: https://worksthatwork.com/3/kongo-gumi which makes a very similar claim. From what I can tell, this claim is echoed all over the (English) internet but originates from "worksthatwork.com".
The earliest wayback snapshot of that website from 2014 doesn't mention CAD, but the March 30, 2015 snapshot does. Looking at the wikipedia article edit history, there seems to be an edit war happening regarding the accuracy of sources (someone seems to believe very strongly that Nikkei Asia is not a reliable source): https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kong%C5%8D_Gumi&o...
The CAD claim seems to have originated in 2022, but the citation to "worksthatwork.com" was swiftly removed in a subsequent edit due to lack of evidence: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kong%C5%8D_Gumi&o...
Well, this was a strange rabbithole to fall down. I'm interested to know from where this claim originates, or if "worksthatwork.com" just made it up in 2015. The answer probably lies beyond the English language internet.
I wish Wikipedia had a "blame" feature like git. If it exists, I couldn't find it.
Re: X, the moonshot factory
#143Earlier quoted context omitted.
I haven't heard of the latter two, and Waymo is currently in development/testing and is not nearly as ubiquitous as it seems to be in the States.
Brain is everything you know of today in GenAI space, and many more internally used products and technologies.
>Brain is everything you know of today in GenAI space
I know ChatGPT, Midjourney, StableDiffusion, Adobe Firefly, And GitHub Co-Pilot in this space. Where’s Google?
Let me guess: Brain’s research led to those products? Even if that were the case, Google still failed to market and capitalize. Are they running an open research lab for the greater good? Or are they still interested in launching market-leading products?
Re: X, the moonshot factory
#144Re: X, the moonshot factory
#145Everyone is hating on "X" right now because of the bloviated way tech companies talk about "changing the world". I'm always pessimistic about things like this too, but I do have a soft spot in my heart for this stuff. Why?, because it allows some engineers to work on cool stuff. Will it pan out, probably not, but I'm not going to cry if Google blows through a few million bucks. They won't even notice it. Better that…
These engineers won't be having fun, because these engineers will be working for Elon Musk. Also, it's a rebrand. He fired the vast majority of the engineers he had.
Everyone is hating on "X" because the people who possess the ability to think critically, i.e. engineers, are rightfully perplexed by every single move that this moron makes. It taps into the uncanny valley response for smart people, and it is amplified because Elon Musk has branded himself a genius.
This is a shitty rebrand from Twitter to something that is impossible to search for on Google, and nothing more. It is the X-shaped shadow of a fiery ball of mediocrity that is hurtling towards San Francisco pavement as we speak.
Re: X, the moonshot factory
#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
Brain is everything you know of today in GenAI space, and many more internally used products and technologies.
How much of that was actually generated directly from "Google X"? Seems to me that most of it came out of DeepMind, which was just a run-of-the-mill big company buys innovative startup type of acquisition.
Brain and DeepMind were separate orgs until very very recently. Google's GenAI stuff was mostly out of Brain and its RL stuff was mostly out of DeepMind.
Re: X, the moonshot factory
#147X by Google, X by Twitter, X by X. Terrible branding on all sides and I am so not interested in any of this bullshit.
I'm told internally at Reddit there's a group called Reddit X working on the next big thing which recently got disbanded.
There was also NHSX, which got merged into NHS Digital, which then got merged into NHS England.
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#148Is this the Alphabet X or the Elon X ?
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#149How long do these “moonshots” have until they are considered failures? It seems like an anti pattern that some huge, futzy organization launches a “moonshot” to explain why they burn money on something without needing a return because it’s a “moonshot.” JFK gave his “to the moon” speech in 1962, targeting 1970 [0]. And the USG did it. So 8 years was the first one. It cost a ton of money and was successful and had mas…
> Google launched its X/moonshot org in 2010 [1]. 14 years later, have any “landed?” Waymo, Brain, and Chronicle
I can't speak to the other two, but it's laughable to suggest in 2023 Waymo has "landed" - where is the contribution to Google's bottom line? Where can I buy or use Waymo tech outside of some very restricted demo neighborhoods? What is the likelihood this changes in the next few years?
I'd be far more prepared to argue Waymo is presently another poster child for a failing Google x project.
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#150Have any of their projects gone anywhere? https://x.company/projects/
Hard to argue Waymo hasn't gone anywhere, given their public pilots. The other one I know of is Wing partnering with Doordash in AUS: https://help.doordash.com/consumers/s/article/Drone-Delivery...
I'd say its hard to argue that Waymo HAS gone anywhere. Can I buy a waymo? Can I rent a waymo taxi to take me to the airport?