inside the DEI hivemind that led to gemini's disaster

Denis Bolkovskis

Mental Health

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Google's culture and lack of leadership have led to a disastrous failure in the Gemini project, posing a threat to the company's core business. The company's focus on diversity has compromised the quality of its products. There is a pervasive culture of fear and a lack of innovation due to a lack of meaningful influence. Google's future is at risk.

Google's Culture of Fear

Wanted to share a bit about what I read - By adopting a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture and other innovations, Gemini achieves greater efficiency in training and serving models. This not only speeds up the development process but also reduces computational requirements, making AI more accessible and sustainable.
I think accessibility is quite important and a lot of the criticism is because Google is a mega player. Happy to hear alternative thoughts.

Both Google and Apple have lost focus. Look at YouTube it has become a gigantic advertising revenue stream for Google. Google is really an advertising metrics agency and harvests data.