I am deeply proud of my brilliant colleagues! I have a feeling, though, that there are brilliant people who don't have amazing educational opportunities & society would be better off if more people with incredible talent had opportunities to shine.
@jeffdean
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Parental Wealth Disparities Nobel Prize Achievement Opportunity Gaps
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Great thread/paper analyzing the effect of parental wealth on winning a Nobel prize (spoiler: it is incredibly advantageous to come from a family in the highest 5% of income). If we can create more opportunities for everyone to achieve their full potential, and not just those
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Choose Projects to Learn from Knowledgeable Collaborators
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One I'm fond of is pick projects where you get to work with people who know things that you don't.
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David Patterson shares 16 career life lessons from computing
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My @Google colleague and longtime @UCBerkeley faculty member David Patterson has a great essay out in this month's Communications of the ACM (
@TheOfficialACM
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Sharing 16 life lessons, and nine magic words." I saw an -
Nobel Prize Chemistry AlphaFold AI Breakthrough Recognized
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Congrats to my colleagues @demishassabis & John Jumper for winning the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their awesome AlphaFold work. AlphaFold has had a dramatic impact across many fields including medicine, drug development & more.
— Jeff Dean (@JeffDean) 9 octobre 2024
And yes, this is my second Nobel-congratulating… https://t.co/uDViRETDNfCongrats to my colleagues @demishassabis & John Jumper for winning the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their awesome AlphaFold work. AlphaFold has had a dramatic impact across many fields including medicine, drug development & more. And yes, this is my second Nobel-congratulating
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Intern Wins Nobel Prize and Turing Award
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This is true. I've had quite a number of amazing interns over the years, but Geoff is, in fact, my first intern to win a Nobel and the Turing Award.
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Office Infrastructure Role in Technology Production
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But the offices are part of producing that technology, no?
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Data Center Water Consumption Reporting and Sustainability Metrics
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I don't believe we provide that information separated out, at least in this year's report. I also think it's good to think about our water use holistically, regardless of whether it's data center or office related.
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Google Water Stewardship Environmental Report 2024
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Sure. See the "Water Stewardship" section (pages 42 to 49) of this year's Google Environmental Report: https://
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Nobel Prize Celebration with Geoffrey Hinton and PhD Students
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So, it turns out you don't get much time to throw together a Nobel Prize party, but we got people together to celebrate! Here's me & Geoff before the party started, & a nice group photo of all of Geoff's former PhD students that were able to attend on short notice.