Google banks on AI edge to catch up to cloud rivals Amazon and Microsoft (ft.com)

Whenever I read about how powerful these companies are, it sends chills down my spine.

Whoever controls the spice , controls the universe.

I’ve always thought “man it would have been a great job selling shovels and pickaxes during the gold rush” back in the day.”

I know, I know, it’s really hard having these insights. We all have our crosses to bear. <giggling emoji>

Don’t know about catching up to AWS, but given the state of Azure, anyone with enough data center investment should be able to overtake it.

I pray for Google to completely fail the pivot to AI. We don't need another surveillance capitalism company using AI to make us even dumber and more addicted to screens.

I so hope that Google goes down. (And I pray the same for Facebook and a couple others).

Google banked on "Edge" for IoT as well, prior to that it was their network edge is better use them from compute. It's a failed strategy that won't work this time either.

In a highly competitive markets, consumers win.

I feel like those articles all look at the wrong aspect: once AI companies are forced to compete on price (i.e. in 6 months), then Google’s TPU is going to be a massive advantage that’s almost impossible for Amazon or Microsoft to replace.

> Only Nvidia currently rivalled Google’s combination of AI hardware and integrated chip software, he added.

Does the phrasing imply that Google sees itself as #1 and Nvidia as a close #2 that may rival its greatness? not to mention other big contenders.