Four Top Google A.I. Researchers Form New Start-Up

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/technology/google-researchers-ai-startup.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3VA.9wGq.ueoX1M5JqlHV

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CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 26d (1 reply)

His new company, called Discovery Loop, joins a growing list of prominent start-ups chasing a goal that has obsessed Silicon Valley researchers for decades. Dr. Dean and his collaborators want to build A.I. that can improve itself with little or no help from humans.

... Umm, no. Just stop.

BestBouclettes@jlai.lu · 14 pts · 26d

These dudes saw Terminator and sided with Skynet

erb013kt@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 26d

This isn't news. This is just hype - probably paid for by said startup.

Miller@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 26d

Humans have always lived dangerously and we knew our luck would run out one day.

Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 26d (1 reply)

Good thing?

CovertOperative@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 26d

Grifters disagree with other grifters on how to grift.