While it seems reasonable to assume there is no advantage in the perfect information scenario, it feels wrong. For large auctions perhaps a pattern emerges in which a rival strategy could be inferred.
Of course in the end it didn't matter! Hinton subconsciously knew he wanted to join Goog. And may have been inadvertently signalling such all along. And the American rivals themselves were probably colluding as well to keep China in check.
I suspect this "history" of Deep Learning was quite dry to begin with. As it mostly featured academics. Some cloak and dagger style suspense was peppered in to make it a more exciting read ;)
Of course in the end it didn't matter! Hinton subconsciously knew he wanted to join Goog. And may have been inadvertently signalling such all along. And the American rivals themselves were probably colluding as well to keep China in check.
I suspect this "history" of Deep Learning was quite dry to begin with. As it mostly featured academics. Some cloak and dagger style suspense was peppered in to make it a more exciting read ;)