John Giannandrea: 'In 2012, I would not have predicted ChatGPT' — Pick the Job, Not the Forecast
BradPorter_ · x · 2026-10-21
John Giannandrea (former Apple AI chief, previously led deep learning for Google Search) reflects on career decisions in Deployed EP16.
- He admits that in 2012 he would not have predicted ChatGPT — but his team was already building deep learning for language to make Google Search better.
- His advice: pick the job, not the forecast. The episode is now live on Deployed.
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