Google’s co-founder Sergey Brin has implored staff to work harder so the company can become leaders in the field of artificial general intelligence (AGI).
Google’s co-founder Sergey Brin has urged the company’s AI staff to work harder in order to win the AGI race.
The businessman sent a message to hundreds of employees in Google’s DeepMind AI division and encouraged them to “turbocharge their efforts” to become the leader in the artificial general intelligence (AGI) field.
In an internal note to the employees which was seen by The New York Times newspaper, Brin said: “It has been 2 years of the Gemini program and GDM. We have come a long way in that time with many efforts we should feel very proud of. At the same time competition has accelerated immensely and the final race to AGI is afoot. I think we have all the ingredients to win this race but we are going to have to turbocharge our efforts.”
The 51-year-old computer scientist also said that employees should be working in the office every weekday and need to be working 60 hours per week.
He added: “It is important to work in the office because physically being together is far more effective for communication than gve etc. And, therefore you need to be physically colocated with others working on the same thing. We need to minimise reporting lines across countries, cities, and buildings. I recommend being in the office at least every weekday.
“In my experience about 60 hours a week is the sweet spot of productivity. Some folks put in a lot more but can burn out or lose creativity. A number of folks work less than 60 hours and a small number put in the bare minimum to get by. This last group is not only unproductive but also can be highly demoralising to everyone else.”
Google’s co-founder Sergey Brin demands more from company’s AI staff
