DeepMind Co-founder Leaves Google After a Rocky Tenure (nytimes.com) 13
Mustafa Suleyman, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, is leaving Google to join the venture capital firm Greylock Partners. From a report: The departure of Mr. Suleyman, who was Google's vice president of product management and policy for artificial intelligence, closes a tumultuous tenure at the company. He joined Google in 2014 when the search giant acquired DeepMind, a cutting-edge artificial intelligence research lab, in a deal valued at $650 million. The deal demonstrated the value of companies that specialized in "deep learning," a form of artificial intelligence that became more important in the early part of the last decade. In just a few years, DeepMind had hired many of the leading researchers in the field.
Mr. Suleyman, known to friends and colleagues as Moose, was not an A.I. researcher by training. But he led the company into an important area of research: health care. He also became a key voice in DeepMind's efforts to ensure that its technologies would not be used for military applications, which led to a clash with Google when the company joined a flagship A.I. project with the Defense Department. (Google eventually pulled out of the project.)
Mr. Suleyman, known to friends and colleagues as Moose, was not an A.I. researcher by training. But he led the company into an important area of research: health care. He also became a key voice in DeepMind's efforts to ensure that its technologies would not be used for military applications, which led to a clash with Google when the company joined a flagship A.I. project with the Defense Department. (Google eventually pulled out of the project.)
Goood for him (Score:2)
Smart but naive idealist (Score:5, Insightful)
The russians and chinese certainly have no qualms about using AI in defense. Keep up with them or be steamrollered on the battlefield.
Wtf? (Score:3, Insightful)
PIONEER OF AI???
"Mustafa SuleymanÂCBEÂ(born August 1984) is the co-founder and former head of applied AI atÂDeepMind,[1]Âan artificial intelligence company acquired byÂGoogleÂand now owned byÂAlphabet.[2]"
His daddy was sloshing about in his daddys gonads when AI pioneers roamed the earth ffs!
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Re: Wtf? (Score:2)
Yeah, when our "pioneer" was pioneering boo boo into a potty..
What did he accomplish again? (Score:2)
Re: What did he accomplish again? (Score:1)
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He pioneered turning AI hype into gobs of money.
Drones Need Not Apply (Score:2)
Look, a top AI guy is going to be several sigmas outside of average on multiple dimensions. It just goes with the territory.
The surprise would be if he were a yes-man corporate team enthusiast.
Greylock doesn't care.
Greylock Partners (Score:2)
I don't know why, but "Greylock Partners" sounds like a made-up name for an evil company in a television drama series.
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1) Greybeard is overused and (I've heard) considered sexist. - Grey Locks must be more appropriate somehow.
2) Greybeard Club has already been used.
The truth emerges: Russia again (Score:2)