Madhumita Murgia

And one person, they said, whose Google Cloud technology had been used in Gaza has, you know, been on long term leave, just knowing how that technology had been used in that context.

So, yeah, I think if the talent itself stops believing in the sort of mission here or sees ways in which this technology isn't being shepherded properly, that might be what sort of causes the downfall of the ambition of companies like Google.

Exactly.

And I think I remember talking to Google when I wrote my piece on the Transformers and the co-authors of the Transformers paper and the fact they'd all left.

And I didn't expect them to respond because, you know, it feels like they would be embarrassed maybe that they'd lost all this talent.

They sent me a response saying they were, you know, justifiably really proud.

They were really proud that they brought together these people and like made this amazing sort of invention and that they'd then gone out and are building things with that and that they felt that they'd seeded this entirely new industry.

And so I think, you know, I'm going back to being bullish again.

Yes, there's this dilemma and they will probably lose talent for various reasons.

They can't please everybody.

And there's definitely going to be competitors that come out and sort of challenge Google.

But I think, you know, they play a really important role in the ecosystem.

in that they have fostered research and innovation and kind of allowed this ecosystem to develop around them.

I respect that.

And I think it's going to result in overall probably better technology.

I'm not going to disagree for the sake of it.

If they can stay the course and ride out inevitably bumps around losing people due to political reasons or because they want to have a different kind of culture, all of that will happen.

But if they can stay steady...

and like tune out the noise, I think they're in a position to lead.

I think they need to figure out what their AI technology is for, because I feel they've not been very imaginative with that.