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by zengid 3031 days ago
I wonder if they are doing this to complete with course.fast.ai
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IMO teaching people ML is good in general for Google. 1. it spreads the use of tensorflow, 2. it increases not only tensorflow, but also Google's mindshare, 3. it trains people that may become future Google employees, and/or serves as a useful resource for existing employees
Also 4) will increment the usage of TPU's on Google Cloud Platform and subsequently the revenue of their cloud offerings.
This has been an internal course at Google for many years.
I think that helps to prove the point.