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They carved grain silos directly into hard volcanic rock in locations that were extremely difficult to reach.

Chief Executive Sundar Pichai and other executives have since worked to overhaul the company’s AI development strategy by breaking down internal silos, streamlining leadership and consolidating work on its models, employees say.

"Genetic researchers, companies and geneticists often operate in silos," McNally said.

He says the series is an extreme version of the present and the mental silos that take shape.

Major players like Facebook and Google promoted platitudes about unfettered access to information and instant connectivity to friends and neighbors while privately crafting silos to push users toward avenues they could monetize.