[eries]

As some of you probably know, I spent a number of years working with GE, which included plenty of time at the legendary GE Research lab in Niskayuna. So it was a special thrill to see this piece connecting Answer.AI to the long history of R&D labs. Our ideas about R&D are kind of out of fashion in our current age, but I hope this says more about the age than it does about the quality of the ideas. Happy to answer questions in this thread, if there are any fellow R&D-lab-enjoyers here.

[riemannzeta]

I'm not sure who's better positioned to answer, you or Jeremy and I asked him already:

How are you thinking about the role of patenting at Answer.AI? How about handling tech transfer issues with universities?

[eries]

I've never been a big fan of patents as they've historically applied to software. But this is a public policy issue, not something an individual company can fix. So I've always been content to follow patent best practices, even when they aren't the most logical.

In terms of tech transfer, Jeremy has quite a bit of experience with collaborating with the best academic labs, especially in machine learning, so I expect we will do a lot of that kind of partnering.

[datadrivenangel]

So what are some of the early projects you'll explore?

Appreciate your writing by the way!

[eries]

thank you! nothing specific to announce yet, but I'm pretty excited about the preliminary research results from just our first few weeks of operation

[systems_glitch]

Drove Erie Boulevard and survived to tell the tale.

[growingkittens]

What was an average workday like?

[eries]

Well, considering we only just started, we haven't encountered any average workdays yet. I still hold out hope, though, that one day we will.