I can't understand the mindset of any AI researchers who stay at Google at this point.
You're there (presumably) because you want to make an impact. You gave them a massive lead with a novel approach... and Google failed to capitalise on that so spectacularly that they're now investing billions into their competitor who's miles ahead of Google, using Google's approach, all to try and head off another competitor who's miles ahead of everybody also using Google's approach
I hope that (counter to stories) they pay the researchers very well, because the best result I can see is Google shutting down what they can publish to try and stop this happening again.
You're there (presumably) because you want to make an impact. You gave them a massive lead with a novel approach... and Google failed to capitalise on that so spectacularly that they're now investing billions into their competitor who's miles ahead of Google, using Google's approach, all to try and head off another competitor who's miles ahead of everybody also using Google's approach
I hope that (counter to stories) they pay the researchers very well, because the best result I can see is Google shutting down what they can publish to try and stop this happening again.