Comment on Uber’s Anthropic AI push hits a wallparentComments−raincole4moBut why does Uber need to spend 3.4B on injecting a useless blob of textThey didn't. 3.4B was their total R&B cost. Don't blame AI for your human hallucination.−grokcodec4moMy R&B cost used to amount to buying the occasional Al Green album, how times have changed−temp88304moWhy does a fast food delivery service need a research arm in the first place? It's not exactly rocket surgery.−nradov4moIn most large tech companies the senior leaders want to run some vanity projects so having a research arm makes that possible. They can screw around without impacting product teams.−malfist4moR&D is literally what built uber and uber eats. Research to determine the product and _development_ to build it.
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They didn't. 3.4B was their total R&B cost. Don't blame AI for your human hallucination.
My R&B cost used to amount to buying the occasional Al Green album, how times have changed
Why does a fast food delivery service need a research arm in the first place? It's not exactly rocket surgery.
In most large tech companies the senior leaders want to run some vanity projects so having a research arm makes that possible. They can screw around without impacting product teams.
R&D is literally what built uber and uber eats. Research to determine the product and _development_ to build it.