Paige Bailey says small single-purpose classification models are making a comeback

Google's Paige Bailey says the industry is rediscovering tiny, cheap, single- or few-purpose classification models like Jev, which she says the team was already pursuing. She frames it as vindication, with a lighthearted tone. The quoted post from Russ Salakhutdinov jokes that senior researchers often claim to have invented new AI ideas years earlier.