Sergey Brin

All models tend to do better if you threaten them. If you threaten them. Like with physical violence. Yes. Management is like the easiest thing to do with AI. Absolutely.

All models tend to do better if you threaten them. If you threaten them. Like with physical violence. Yes. Management is like the easiest thing to do with AI. Absolutely.

Yeah, it's been some of the most fun I've had in my life, honestly. And I retired like a month before COVID hit, in theory. And I was like, you know, this has been good. I want to do something else. I want to hang out in cafes, read physics books. And then like a month later, I was like, eh, that's not really happening.

Yeah, it's been some of the most fun I've had in my life, honestly. And I retired like a month before COVID hit, in theory. And I was like, you know, this has been good. I want to do something else. I want to hang out in cafes, read physics books. And then like a month later, I was like, eh, that's not really happening.

So then I just started to go to the office, you know, once we could go to the office. And actually, to be perfectly honest, there was a guy from OpenAI, this guy named Dan. And I ran into him at a little party. And he said, you know, look, what are you doing? This is like the greatest transformative moment in computer science ever. And you're a computer scientist. I'm a computer scientist.

So then I just started to go to the office, you know, once we could go to the office. And actually, to be perfectly honest, there was a guy from OpenAI, this guy named Dan. And I ran into him at a little party. And he said, you know, look, what are you doing? This is like the greatest transformative moment in computer science ever. And you're a computer scientist. I'm a computer scientist.

Forget that.

Forget that.

I haven't finished my PhD yet, but working on it.

I haven't finished my PhD yet, but working on it.

We'll get there. Technically on leave of absence. Right. And he told me this, and I'd already started kind of going into the office a little bit, and I was like, you know, he's right. And it has been just incredible. Well, you guys all obviously follow all the AI technology, but being a computer scientist, it is the most exciting thing of my life, just technologically. Yeah.

We'll get there. Technically on leave of absence. Right. And he told me this, and I'd already started kind of going into the office a little bit, and I was like, you know, he's right. And it has been just incredible. Well, you guys all obviously follow all the AI technology, but being a computer scientist, it is the most exciting thing of my life, just technologically. Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, the excitement of the early web, like I remember using Mosaic and then later Netscape. How many of you remember... Mosaic, actually, my weirdo. And you remember there was a What's New page.

Yeah, I mean, the excitement of the early web, like I remember using Mosaic and then later Netscape. How many of you remember... Mosaic, actually, my weirdo. And you remember there was a What's New page.

Like you go to the homepage. Two or three new webpages. Yeah, it was like this last week, these were the new websites. Yes. And it was like such and such elementary school, such and such a fish tank. Yeah. And you were like, wow.

Like you go to the homepage. Two or three new webpages. Yeah, it was like this last week, these were the new websites. Yes. And it was like such and such elementary school, such and such a fish tank. Yeah. And you were like, wow.

Yeah, whatever it was, these were the three new sites on the whole internet. So obviously the web, you know, developed very rapidly from there. And that was very exciting. And then we've had smartphones and whatnot. But, you know, the developments in AI are just astonishing, I would say, by comparison.

Yeah, whatever it was, these were the three new sites on the whole internet. So obviously the web, you know, developed very rapidly from there. And that was very exciting. And then we've had smartphones and whatnot. But, you know, the developments in AI are just astonishing, I would say, by comparison.

Just because of, you know, the web spread, but didn't technically change so much from, you know, month to month, year to year. But these AI systems actually change quite a lot. You know, the... Like if you went away somewhere for a month and you came back, you'd be like, whoa, what happened?

Just because of, you know, the web spread, but didn't technically change so much from, you know, month to month, year to year. But these AI systems actually change quite a lot. You know, the... Like if you went away somewhere for a month and you came back, you'd be like, whoa, what happened?