Pretty sure “DeepCent” is a blend of DeepSeek & Tencent—they have a footnote: “We consider DeepSeek, Tencent, Alibaba, and others to have strong AGI projects in China. To avoid singling out a specific one, our scenario will follow a fictional “DeepCent.””. And I think the “brain” in OpenBrain is supposed to be reminiscent of the “mind” in DeepMind.
I understand it much better now, thanks! (I did not know about Tencent, and I foolishly had not read that footnote carefully enough.)
Although I don’t fully understand why drawing attention to two companies is viewed acceptable when drawing attention to only one company is not. As said, other companies also have a notable chance of becoming the leader.
Probably drawing attention to one particular company can be seen as a targeted attack or advertisement, and one is much less likely to advertise for/attack two companies at the same time. But one could be “playing for” other company (say, X AI or Anthropic) and thereby be attacking other leading companies?
Pretty sure “DeepCent” is a blend of DeepSeek & Tencent—they have a footnote: “We consider DeepSeek, Tencent, Alibaba, and others to have strong AGI projects in China. To avoid singling out a specific one, our scenario will follow a fictional “DeepCent.””. And I think the “brain” in OpenBrain is supposed to be reminiscent of the “mind” in DeepMind.
ETA: Scott Alexander tweets with more backstory on how they settled on “OpenBrain”: “You wouldn’t believe how much work went into that stupid name…”
I understand it much better now, thanks! (I did not know about Tencent, and I foolishly had not read that footnote carefully enough.)
Although I don’t fully understand why drawing attention to two companies is viewed acceptable when drawing attention to only one company is not. As said, other companies also have a notable chance of becoming the leader.
Probably drawing attention to one particular company can be seen as a targeted attack or advertisement, and one is much less likely to advertise for/attack two companies at the same time. But one could be “playing for” other company (say, X AI or Anthropic) and thereby be attacking other leading companies?