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Re:DeepMind says reinforcement learning is ‘enough’ to reach... by okprod on Thursday June 10, 2021 @10:21AM (#27461104)
while Deep Mind has a huge financial temptation to sell snake oil

I don't know, isn't the DeepMind founder that guy in the Go documentary? I read about him after watching the doc and he seemed to be pretty cautious about taking in investment, and he didn't seem the type to try to cash out.

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Re:DeepMind says reinforcement learning is ‘enough’ to reach... by ocdtrekkie on Thursday June 10, 2021 @10:52AM (#27461430)
He already cashed out, he sold to Google. And over the years Google has ramped up the pressure for DeepMind to deliver financial returns. (I recall when Google tried to stick DeepMind's branding on GCP, Watson-style, so it would sell better, and at the time, DeepMind was able to decline.)

Eventually Google will give them the option to deliver financial success or be shut down.

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