The problem with the Google Nature paper is that its results were not reproduced outside Google. You can attack attempts to reproduce but that only reinforces the point: those claimed results cannot be trusted.
Other commenters already addressed the pre-training issue. Please kindly include a link to Kahng's 2023 discussion addressing your complaints. Otherwise, you are unfairly supporting those people you know.
Kahng's placer is open-source and was used in the Nature paper. It does not make sense to accuse Kahng of colluding with companies against open-source.
Other commenters already addressed the pre-training issue. Please kindly include a link to Kahng's 2023 discussion addressing your complaints. Otherwise, you are unfairly supporting those people you know.
Kahng's placer is open-source and was used in the Nature paper. It does not make sense to accuse Kahng of colluding with companies against open-source.