Sergey Brin: Google is afraid to use Transformer, the authors all ran away, and now I'm writing code every day

Google founder Sergey Brin shares his reasons for returning to the tech front lines to write code and his excitement about the progress in AI. He believes that AI will bring about widespread change, not limited to search, but also affecting programming and robotics. Brin noted Google's problems with risk aversion and frequent layoffs due to its corporate culture when it comes to AI applications. Nonetheless, Google is keeping an eye on model leaderboards and believes that competition in AI is good for development. Brin emphasized that AI is of great value to humanity and deserves the attention invested in it. (Heart of the Machine)