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Re:Geoffrey Hinton has joined Google by moultano on Tuesday March 12, 2013 @07:54PM (#5365835)
I don't think you can accuse Google of short sighted commercial ends here. The team he is working with has already done really groundbreaking stuff that falls right in line with his work. https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ResearchatGoogle/posts/EMyhnBet...
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Re:Geoffrey Hinton has joined Google by rednukleus on Tuesday March 12, 2013 @08:28PM (#5365976)
1. They don't sell info, they just target ads

2. Google are an AI company, who currently make most of their profit from ads. They are well aware that there are big opportunities for them to make profits outside targeted ads.

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Re:Geoffrey Hinton has joined Google by Mahn on Tuesday March 12, 2013 @10:33PM (#5366442)
Get over with this already. Everyone who's been paying attention to the company for the last, say, five years, knows that most of what they do doesn't in fact revolve around ads. Just because the company has a boatload of money and data doesn't make it inherently evil.
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