Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Returns to Work Daily on AI Development
Sergey Brin reveals he works at Google "pretty much every day" to focus on artificial intelligence, calling the current progress too exciting to miss. He also expresses doubt that training advanced AI requires endlessly scaling up computing power.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin reveals that he works at the company "pretty much every day" to focus on artificial intelligence. Speaking at the All-In Summit in Los Angeles, Brin explains that he has not seen anything as exciting as the recent progress in AI and does not want to miss out on the action.
While reports circulated last year about Brin's return to Google headquarters to work on AI projects, this interview marks the first time he publicly comments on his daily involvement. He describes AI as a big, fast-moving field that holds tremendous value for humanity.
Brin also pushes back against the idea that training more capable AI models requires massively scaling up computing power. He notes that recent algorithmic improvements actually outpace the increased compute being poured into these systems, making him skeptical of aggressive extrapolations about future hardware needs.