I wouldn’t call this “AI lab watch.” “Lab” has the connotation that these are small projects instead of multibillion dollar corporate behemoths.
This seems like a good point. Here’s a quick babble of alts (folks could react with a thumbs-up on ones that they think are good).
AI Corporation Watch | AI Mega-Corp Watch | AI Company Watch | AI Industry Watch | AI Firm Watch | AI Behemoth Watch | AI Colossus Watch | AI Juggernaut Watch | AI Future Watch
I currently think “AI Corporation Watch” is more accurate. “Labs” feels like a research team, but I think these orgs are far far far more influenced by market forces than is suggested by “lab”, and “corporation” communicates that. I also think the goal here is not to point to all companies that do anything with AI (e.g. midjourney) but to focus on the few massive orgs that are having the most influence on the path and standards of the industry, and to my eye “corporation” has that association more than “company”. Definitely not sure though.
AI Corporation Watch | AI Mega-Corp Watch | AI Company Watch | AI Industry Watch | AI Firm Watch | AI Behemoth Watch | AI Colossus Watch | AI Juggernaut Watch | AI Future Watch
These are either tendentious (“Juggernaut”) or unnecessarily specific to the present moment (“Mega-Corp”).
Yep, lots of people independently complain about “lab.” Some of those people want me to use scary words in other places too, like replacing “diffusion” with “proliferation.” I wouldn’t do that, and don’t replace “lab” with “mega-corp” or “juggernaut,” because it seems [incorrect / misleading / low-integrity].
I’m sympathetic to the complaint that “lab” is misleading. (And I do use “company” rather than “lab” occasionally, e.g. in the header.) But my friends usually talk about “the labs,” not “the companies.” But to most audiences “company” is more accurate.
I currently think “company” is about as good as “lab.” I may change the term throughout the site at some point.
Could consider “frontier AI watch”, “frontier AI company watch”, or “AGI watch.”
Most people in the world (including policymakers) have a much broader conception of AI. AI means machine learning, AI is the thing that 1000s of companies are using and 1000s of academics are developing, etc etc.
This seems like a good point. Here’s a quick babble of alts (folks could react with a thumbs-up on ones that they think are good).
AI Corporation Watch | AI Mega-Corp Watch | AI Company Watch | AI Industry Watch | AI Firm Watch | AI Behemoth Watch | AI Colossus Watch | AI Juggernaut Watch | AI Future Watch
I currently think “AI Corporation Watch” is more accurate. “Labs” feels like a research team, but I think these orgs are far far far more influenced by market forces than is suggested by “lab”, and “corporation” communicates that. I also think the goal here is not to point to all companies that do anything with AI (e.g. midjourney) but to focus on the few massive orgs that are having the most influence on the path and standards of the industry, and to my eye “corporation” has that association more than “company”. Definitely not sure though.
These are either tendentious (“Juggernaut”) or unnecessarily specific to the present moment (“Mega-Corp”).
How about simply “AI Watch”?
Yep, lots of people independently complain about “lab.” Some of those people want me to use scary words in other places too, like replacing “diffusion” with “proliferation.” I wouldn’t do that, and don’t replace “lab” with “mega-corp” or “juggernaut,” because it seems [incorrect / misleading / low-integrity].
I’m sympathetic to the complaint that “lab” is misleading. (And I do use “company” rather than “lab” occasionally, e.g. in the header.) But my friends usually talk about “the labs,” not “the companies.” But to most audiences “company” is more accurate.
I currently think “company” is about as good as “lab.” I may change the term throughout the site at some point.
I do think being one syllable is pretty valuable. Although AI Org watch might be fine (kinda rolls off the tongue worse)
“AI Watch.”
Could consider “frontier AI watch”, “frontier AI company watch”, or “AGI watch.”
Most people in the world (including policymakers) have a much broader conception of AI. AI means machine learning, AI is the thing that 1000s of companies are using and 1000s of academics are developing, etc etc.
corp, org