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DeepMind before Google was a fascinating little company with very smart and interesting people, but in the end ripped apart by Google and money. Apparently a few members already left for Anthropic, which is also really sad to read. The fact these LLMs are so popular while still deeply flawed is simply because they are so very accessible, each complete idiot can type a prompt and get instant results. No need to know or understand anything, no need to do anything slightly complicated, no need to even properly think. AlphaFold etc were absolutely fascinating and promising, even though these too had serious ethical problems, mostly because of the risks of abuse and the power of money, imo.