Two big names left GDM recently. Could be a coincidence, but where's the fun in that? :p
That's meaningless without knowing many big names remain, and how much "big names" influence future outcomes. Google seems to have a knack for making names big
John Jumper to join Anthropic
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#152Between this and Shazeer you guys are idolizing individuals in an unhealthy way IMO. Why are we keeping tabs on researchers moving around? You're talking about them like people talk about the NFL trading players or (football) soccer teams making recordbreaking player transfers. someone further down wrote > Anthropic legit builds one the strongest if not the strongest IC team in the history of computational technology…
It is like NFL trading players, what's wrong with that? Not that either should be idolized, but they're paid a lot for a reason.
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#153Between this and Shazeer you guys are idolizing individuals in an unhealthy way IMO. Why are we keeping tabs on researchers moving around? You're talking about them like people talk about the NFL trading players or (football) soccer teams making recordbreaking player transfers. someone further down wrote > Anthropic legit builds one the strongest if not the strongest IC team in the history of computational technology…
It’s annoying that the headline gives no context of who Jumper is, as if everyone is expected to know.
It's Hacker News, a lot of people probably know. I didn't, but he has a Wikipedia page so whatever.
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#154He will be back at Google after the Anthropic IPO. Seems like everyone here is easily fooled by the Anthropic hype. After the IPO, Anthropic won't be like the daycare it is today. Their main competitors are the chinese labs which are racing all their prices down close to $0.
With Anthropic going public, I wonder how long until enshittification sets in for LLMs. I guess as soon as they have figured out a way to lock-in users and growth slows down.
Might never happen since these are paid services. Maybe for the free tier, if that even continues to exist which I'm betting it won't. Even Gemini has already started paywalling features that used to be free.
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#155Earlier quoted context omitted.
He won the Nobel. He made enough from Google to last 7 lifetimes. He does not need the money!
> He does not need the money! Where did I hear this before? Very few people feel that a specific amount is ever enough.
I have seen enough examples of guys prioritizing mental health over money after a certain point.
A friend made mid-8 figures after exit and became a highschool math teacher.
In general: if money was everything, wouldn't the top faculty in every top school be quitting and joining FAANGs ? Who would want a professor's job, making a mid-level SWE amount?
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#158Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s annoying that the headline gives no context of who Jumper is, as if everyone is expected to know.
It's Hacker News, a lot of people probably know. I didn't, but he has a Wikipedia page so whatever.
I’d be willing to bet actual money that less than half of the people reading this site know this person by name. Regardless, good headlines usually include context and this post has none.