Astronomical salaries for top AI researchers

[John Clark]

Meta (a.k.a. Zuckerberg's Facebook) just offered to pay someone from a rival AI company $1.25 billion over 4 years to change jobs and work for them, that's a $312 million yearly salary guaranteed for 4 years. Why would they pay so much? Because most of the value in AI companies is in their Intellectual Property, and that IP is in peoples heads. Incidentally the person turned down the offer.  

Meta offered $1.25 billion over four years to AI hire

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[smitra]

On 23-07-2025 13:08, John Clark wrote:
> META (A.K.A. ZUCKERBERG'S FACEBOOK) JUST OFFERED TO PAY SOMEONE
> FROM A RIVAL AI COMPANY $1.25 BILLION OVER 4 YEARS TO CHANGE JOBS AND
> WORK FOR THEM, THAT'S A $312 MILLION YEARLY SALARY GUARANTEED FOR
> 4 YEARS. WHY WOULD THEY PAY SO MUCH? BECAUSE MOST OF THE VALUE IN AI
> COMPANIES IS IN THEIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AND THAT IP IS IN PEOPLES
> HEADS. INCIDENTALLY THE PERSON TURNED DOWN THE OFFER.
>
> Meta offered $1.25 billion over four years to AI hire [1]
>
> JOHN K CLARK SEE WHAT'S ON MY NEW LIST AT EXTROPOLIS [2]s$,
>

Overinvestment will cause problems later:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfN7eFo5cbk&t=736s

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[John Clark]

On Sat, Jul 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM smitra <smi...@zonnet.nl> wrote:

> Overinvestment will cause problems later:

When it comes to AI I think it's almost impossible to overinvest in it or to overhype it because I think the world will be unrecognizable in three years or less.  

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