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by brevitea 759 days ago
> From what I saw when I worked there, they don't have the talent to produce their own models (which is, I think, what we all expected to see)

The talent is repeatedly run off by managers and executives who don't know how to manage talent. At this point, I'm convinced it's actually part of the Amazon culture to not excel at AI/ML. Mediocre, or else. It's so weird (and abusive) to be around. 10/10 not a rewarding place to work.
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chucke1992 759 days ago
Personally I have always felt that AWS has too much of "manager culture" or something. But them missing AI train was crazy though.

I am personally more surprised that Microsoft did not miss that train with AI and now are pretty aggressive with integration of AI everywhere. Though I wonder if Microsoft would not have missed mobile and search if Nadella was CEO after Gates. Satya is ruthless. Even despite not being first in cloud, they still are able to compete with AWS.

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hughesjj 759 days ago
Which is a shame because MLU was a legit training program
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theGnuMe 758 days ago
It is happening all over industry. Those that can't adapt will be eaten by AI.

And AI is moving way too fast and the execs who took a wait and see approach are now in panic mode. AI tooling should be a straight forward investment regardless of outcome.

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