The Aarthi and Sriram Show EP 31 Noam Shazeer - Google veteran and AI inventor on future of AI
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Jan 21, 2023 AI Snips
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Gmail Spell Checker Origin
- Noam Shazeer's Gmail spell checker interview story: He proposed a spell checker solution during his Google interview.
- This solution was later implemented in Gmail, showcasing his early impact.
Early Google Culture
- Early Google was incredibly bottom-up, with minimal management. Even firing engineering managers went unnoticed, highlighting the engineers' autonomy.
Early AI and Bayesian Networks
- Bayesian networks were exciting in early AI, leveraging probability for tasks like crossword puzzle solving. Noam Shazeer unknowingly reinvented the belief propagation algorithm for this purpose at Duke.