They have “galaxy brains”, but applying those galaxy brains strategically well towards your goals is also an aspect of intelligence. Additionally, those “galaxy brains” may be ineffective because of issues with alignment towards the company, whereas in a startup often you can get 10x or 100x more out of fewer employees because they have equity and understand that failure is existential for them. Demis may be smart, but he made a major strategic error if his goal was to lead in the AGI race, and despite the fact that the did he is still running DeepMind, which suggests an alignment/incentive issue with regards to Google’s short term objectives.
They have “galaxy brains”, but applying those galaxy brains strategically well towards your goals is also an aspect of intelligence. Additionally, those “galaxy brains” may be ineffective because of issues with alignment towards the company, whereas in a startup often you can get 10x or 100x more out of fewer employees because they have equity and understand that failure is existential for them. Demis may be smart, but he made a major strategic error if his goal was to lead in the AGI race, and despite the fact that the did he is still running DeepMind, which suggests an alignment/incentive issue with regards to Google’s short term objectives.