At $250M, top AI salaries dwarf the Manhattan Project and the Space Race
9 months ago
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- Meta offered AI researcher Matt Deitke $250 million over four years, with potentially $100 million in the first year alone.
- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly offered an unnamed AI engineer $1 billion in compensation over several years.
- These high compensations reflect the race to create artificial general intelligence (AGI) or superintelligence.
- Tech companies believe achieving AGI first could dominate markets worth trillions.
- J. Robert Oppenheimer earned about $10,000 per year in 1943, adjusted to $190,865 today, far less than Deitke's salary.
- Top athletes like Steph Curry and Cristiano Ronaldo earn less than top AI researchers in this market.