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Re:Tech’s defiance of economic gravity came to an abrupt end by shubb on Monday December 26, 2022 @03:10PM (#34141306)
Something I find very curious - Google are doing the same kind of research and are in many ways futher along. They have thier own models like T5 that supposedly perform better. Are their exec unaware of their own strengths?

For that matter, wasn't Google collecting masses of GIS data and doing intense self driving car research? Where is that product?

Serious q - do google have so much money that they are doing tons of research and then just forgetting to make a product out of it?

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Re:Tech’s defiance of economic gravity came to an abrupt end by csande17 on Monday December 26, 2022 @04:20PM (#34142009)
> For that matter, wasn't Google collecting masses of GIS data and doing intense self driving car research? Where is that product?

https://waymo.com/

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Re:Tech’s defiance of economic gravity came to an abrupt end by voakbasda on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @11:47AM (#34150381)
Research does not need to lead to a product to be profitable. Another strategy is to patent all of your work, then steal the profits from anyone that attempts to enter that market.
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