What is this supposed to look like if researchers are actually convinced? The whole raison d’etre for Deepmind is to create AGI. And while AGI may be a world-ending invention, many of the creations along the way are likely to be very economically valuable to Deepmind’s parent company, Google.
I think it’s going to be significantly harder to convince these engineers to stop working on AGI if it means taking a 75% paycut. What’s the alternative career path for them?
What is this supposed to look like if researchers are actually convinced? The whole raison d’etre for Deepmind is to create AGI. And while AGI may be a world-ending invention, many of the creations along the way are likely to be very economically valuable to Deepmind’s parent company, Google.
Take for example this blog where Deepmind describes an application of AI to Google’s datacenters that was able to reduce the cooling bill by 40%. What is the economic justification for supporting Deepmind researchers with a minimum salary of $400k if they aren’t producing the kind of products that can do this? And can they produce products like this without working on capabilities?
I think it’s going to be significantly harder to convince these engineers to stop working on AGI if it means taking a 75% paycut. What’s the alternative career path for them?