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Meta announces money pit; Alexrandr tapped to lead (arstechnica.com)
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[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Meta has reportedly offered compensation packages worth seven to nine figures to dozens of researchers from companies like OpenAI and Google, according to The New York Times, with some already agreeing to join the company.

devil's in the detials/comp structure/yadayada, but fuck damn is it frustrating how this still means that after even a year or two a fair number of the worst people you could ever meet would be set for life

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 12 points 2 days ago

They’ll be paid in unlimited gold dust specks a million years from now