[soheil]

> Similarly, Peter Thiel once made a case that if Google ever paid a dividend it would be an admission that they are no longer a technology company and are instead a bet again innovation in search. [0]

Does that mean it makes this a bet against innovation in AI?

[liamcardenas]

That was not what I meant to imply.

He is saying that Google not investing their capital reserves in R&D implies that they have run out of good research ideas.

If you haven’t watched the clip I recommend it.

[soheil]

I had watched it. I'm just trying to understand what parallels you were trying to make to the Open AI story by quoting Thiel. I think he was saying Google should be broken up because as you say they have run out of good ideas and are just using their capital to keep new competition in search at bay. So by quoting Thiel wouldn't you be implying if Open AI has also run out of good ideas then they're also trying to keep competition in AI at bay?