Former Google employee says company's AI work is driven by 'a stone cold panic that they are getting left behind'

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• Google's AI plans are "poorly motivated," says a former employee. 
• "This myopia is NOT something driven by a user need," said Scott Jenson, who left Google in March. 
• "It is a stone cold panic that they are getting left behind," he continued.

Google might be one of the biggest players in the AI space, but an employee says the tech giant's work in the field has been motivated by "stone cold...