I think the point by the OP is that while YOU might think NYC is a great place, not everybody does. One of the nice things about the current model is that you can move to NYC if you want to, but you don’t have to. In the hypothetical All-AGI All Around The World future, you get moved there whether or not you like it. Some people will, but it’s worth thinking about the people who won’t like it and consider what you might do to make that future better for them as well.
I think this post was supposed to be some sort of gotcha to SF AI optimists given how this is worded
Yet I would bet that even that person, if faced instead with a policy that was going to forcibly relocate them to New York City, would be quite indignant
but in reality a lot of tech workers without family here would gladly move to NYC.[1]
A better example would be Dubai. Objectively not a bad city and you can possibly make a lot more without tax, but obvious reasons you’d be hesitant. Still don’t think this is that huge of a gotcha. The type of people this post is targeting are generally risk-tolerant. So yeah if you effectively tripled their pay and made them move to Dubai, they’d take it with high likelihood.
I don’t get the misses the point reaction, as I’m pretty sure this was the true motivation of this post, think about it. Who could they be talking about where a NYC relocation is within the realm of possibility, are tech workers, and are chill with AI transformations.
NYC is a great city. Many tech workers I know are trying to move to NYC, especially younger ones. So, not the best example, but I get your point.
I think the point by the OP is that while YOU might think NYC is a great place, not everybody does. One of the nice things about the current model is that you can move to NYC if you want to, but you don’t have to. In the hypothetical All-AGI All Around The World future, you get moved there whether or not you like it. Some people will, but it’s worth thinking about the people who won’t like it and consider what you might do to make that future better for them as well.
I think this post was supposed to be some sort of gotcha to SF AI optimists given how this is worded
but in reality a lot of tech workers without family here would gladly move to NYC.[1]
A better example would be Dubai. Objectively not a bad city and you can possibly make a lot more without tax, but obvious reasons you’d be hesitant. Still don’t think this is that huge of a gotcha. The type of people this post is targeting are generally risk-tolerant. So yeah if you effectively tripled their pay and made them move to Dubai, they’d take it with high likelihood.
I don’t get the misses the point reaction, as I’m pretty sure this was the true motivation of this post, think about it. Who could they be talking about where a NYC relocation is within the realm of possibility, are tech workers, and are chill with AI transformations.