Jeff Dean was truly visionary, starting to work on AI chips so early on. The founders of Google were amazing; they just decided to do it. Having an AI translate this passage deepened my admiration for Jeff. Google decided to make chips when AI was still just "distinguishing between cats and dogs". Sergey Brin told a rather interesting story about Jeff Dean. Do you know where the TPU (Google's AI chip) comes from? Jeff once did the math: if users talk to Google for three minutes every day, Google would have to double its CPU data centers. Instead of continuing to buy CPUs, he decided to build his own AI chip. What's the coolest part about this? The timing. Back then, neural networks could only "distinguish between cats and dogs," and AI was nowhere near as popular as it is today. But when Larry and Sergey saw this technology, their reaction was: "Interesting, let's make a dedicated chip for it." This is the ultimate trust in top talent. This judgment has made Google the only AI company that simultaneously possesses top-tier models, top-tier chips, and top-tier data centers. Technological leadership is not accidental. It often stems from making bold decisions when others cannot yet see the bigger picture.
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