Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) co-founder, Sergey Brin, admitted that the tech giant was overly cautious in deploying language models, despite being pioneers in the field.
What Happened: While appearing at the All-In Summit earlier this week, Brin discussed the company's hesitance in deploying language models.
Brin acknowledged that Google had been "too timid to deploy" language models, despite having essentially invented them with the publication of the "Transformer" paper seven years ago. He attributed this hesitance to a fear of making mistakes and causing embarrassment.
The co-founder highlighted the need for risk-taking in the tech industry, stating that while these models can make "really stupid mistakes," they are also "incredibly powerful" and can facilitate tasks that would otherwise take a significant amount of time to learn.
Despite the potential for occasional errors, Brin expressed his belief that these models should be released to the public for experimentation, rather than being kept "close to the chest and hidden until it's like perfect."
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Why It Matters: Google's cautious approach to AI deployment has been a topic of discussion in the tech industry.
In May, Deepwater Asset Management's managing partner Gene Munster said that Google was six months behind ChatGPT-parent OpenAI in AI development, but still about five years ahead of the rest of the industry.
This was followed by criticism from a 16-year Google veteran who claimed that the company's AI projects were driven by "panic" rather than user needs.
Previously, an internal email from Microsoft Corporation revealed their concerns about falling behind Alphabet's AI capabilities. The report suggested that Microsoft's investment in OpenAI was driven by the tech giant's fear of losing AI grounds to Google.
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alphabet inc.（纳斯达克：GOOG）（纳斯达克：GOOGL）的联合创始人谢尔盖·布林承认，尽管是该领域的先驱，但这家科技巨头在部署语言模型时过于谨慎。
在本周早些时候出现在All-In峰会时，Brin讨论了公司在部署语言模型方面的犹豫。
Brin承认Google在部署语言模型方面"过于胆怯"，尽管七年前发表了"Transformer"论文，本质上是他们发明了这些模型。他将这种犹豫归因于对犯错和造成尴尬的恐惧。
这位联合创始人强调了科技行业对冒险的需求，称虽然这些模型可能会犯"非常愚蠢的错误"，但它们也是"极其强大"的，可以完成原本需要大量时间学习的任务。
尽管偶尔会出现错误，Brin表达了他的信念，认为这些模型应该对公众进行释放，供实验使用，而不是"贮藏起来，直到完美无缺"。
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重要性：Google对人工智能部署的谨慎态度已成为科技行业讨论的话题。
五月，Deepwater资产管理的董事总经理Gene Munster表示，Google在人工智能发展方面落后ChatGPt母公司OpenAI六个月，但仍领先于行业其它公司大约五年。
接着，一位16年Google资深员工批评了该公司的AI项目，称这些项目是出于“恐慌”而不是用户需求推动的。
此前，微软公司的一封内部邮件透露了他们对落后于Alphabet的人工智能能力的担忧。该报道指出，微软对OpenAI的投资是由这家科技巨头担心在人工智能领域失去优势推动的。
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