Google research event's tone is miles from Anthropic/OpenAI: humans still drive science
GerritD · x · 2026-10-15
GerritD attended Google's big research event showcasing AI for science and noted the tone is miles away from Anthropic or OpenAI events — the unspoken assumption being humans will still drive research decisions a decade from now. Replies mocked the contrast as 'no Nasdaq audience to entertain,' and argued an industry can't run on storytelling alone.
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